40 over 40 - A decade list

40 things I would like to do once I get over 40.¹ I will check out most of these things before I publish my next list for the following decade.

Grow

1. Get a new degree in a new field. 🎓
2. Make and ship a game with 100+ users 🎮
3. Learn and try 10 different software technologies I have not used before. 🧑‍💻
4. Learns Spanish to the intermediate level 🇪🇸
5. Learn to play guitar 🎸
6. Read 120 books 📚
7. Write 120 posts ✍️
8. Be part of a business from 0$ to 1B$ 💵
9. Scale myself: take control of my calendar, prune nonsense, do the things that matter, and savor the time. 📆

Experience

10. Go on an Alaska Cruise 🛳
11. Travel to favorite places again as a family: Japan 🇯🇵, Montreal l🇨🇦, New Orlearns🐊, New York 🥯…
12. Travel to new places as a family: Disneyland 🧙‍♂️, London 🇬🇧, Greece 🏛, Roadtrip across the US …
13. Travel to 5 continents. 🗺
14. Teach Türkçe to kids. 🇹🇷
15. Spend time in person with my parents and sister at least once a year. 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦
16. Spend regular time with a few close friends, with 2-4 meetings/month. 🙋
17. Get a new hobby that does not involve looking at screens, and be good at it. 🧑‍🎨
18. Plant a food garden. 🌻
19. Attend a large global sports event (Olympics or World Cup). 🏟

Age Well

20. Start biking 🚴‍♂️
21. Walk regularly. Develop a habit of 2 long walks/week. 🚶‍♂️
22. Take care of my muscle and bones, regular weight exercises 3 / week.🏋️
23. Learn to play tennis 🎾
24. Eat vegetarian for 5 days or more every week. 🥦.
25. Take care of my skin: have a skin routine. 🧴
26. Meditate or reflect regularly at least once a week. 🧘
27. Take care of my eyes. Regular days, and hours in a day without screen time. 👓

Give

28. Participate in local school board activities. 🚌
29. Actively engage on a new open source project or a foundation. 🧰
30. Make myself available as a mentor for new folks in my field. 💬
31. Teach a class. Online or local community college. 🧑‍🏫
32. Participate in a charitable cause🎗
33. Be an advisor for startups / Join the board of a startup 🗣

Prepare

34. Invest in real estate 🏘
35. Become an angel investor 💸
36. Make a retirement plan 🏖
37. Make a will 📃
38. Start a business. Something that gives me joy. 📈
39. Diversify my career: Be an expert at something else 🤹‍♂️
40. Create a personal brand, reaching 10,000 people. 🌟

Later additions

41. Learn 10 card magic tricks that will entertain kids. 🃏

And as a bonus, one piece of advice for myself. When I entered my 30s, I made a resolution to care less about what others think about me, and for my 40s, I will make decisions faster.