The 40 Things...

Well, here it is. My list of things I want to do, accomplish, or experience in 2019. I’ve tried to keep it realistic and attainable, not necessarily wildly crazy things that are nothing but pipe dreams. I’m not trying to climb Everest this year. Or ever, really, but you get the idea. Some of these things I’ve done before and want to do again, some of them are new... 

Here they are, in no particular order:

[]1. Leadville Trail 100

[]2. Volunteer at race(s)

[]3. Canvass and Cocktails

[]4. Take a photo safari (or a weekend, anyway)

[]5. Take a solo camping trip

[]6. Climb Playing Hooky

[]7. Take Pivot for a hike

[]8. Go backpacking 

[]9. Go for a night run

[]10. Rent an RV for a weekend

[]11. Do a long-ish gravel ride. Doesn’t have to be organized. 

[]12. Have dinner at The Fort. Or The Buckhorn Exchange. 

[]13. Scramble one of the Flatirons

[]14. Have a picnic at Wash Park

[]15. Run a 14er

[]16. Spend a whole day snowshoeing 

[]17. Go white water rafting

[]18. ACTUALLY take a Lyft/Uber ride

[]19. Go day drinking on the train

[]20. Finally try cross country skiing 

[]21. Have a hot dog from the stand at Home Depot

[]22. Sleep under the stars

[]23. Spend 40 nights camping 

[]24. Midget Wrestling 

[]25. Spend a day SUP-ing

[]26. Ski a double black. On purpose. 

[]27. Go bouldering. Outside. 

[]28. Have a girls' cocktail night

[]29. Leave the country

[]30. Do an Irish car bomb....

[]31. Drink whiskey by a campfire

[]32. Take the Jeep offroad. Drive some of it. 

[]33. Ride the fat bike. In the winter. On snow. 

[]34. Go ice skating outside 

[]35. Find Zapata Lake

[]36. Go to the PBR rodeo

[]37. Brew cider

[]38. Go swimming in a river. Try not to scream about how cold it is. 

[]39. Run to work. With all my shit on my back. 

[]40. Ski in July. Or at least June. 

I'm calling it #the40yearsproject. Follow along!

40 Things for my 40th Year

I turn 40 in 2019. It weighs on my mind, and it doesn’t. Turning 30 somehow seemed like a MUCH bigger deal. Funny how life and time puts both into perspective. I’m actually kinda excited about that whole thing. It’s an opportunity. I’m old enough to know better, young enough to not care...

When I was a senior in high school, one of my final exams was to write a list of 100 things I wanted to do before I die. I wrote one, aced it, and continued to add to it for a few years. I still have that list. I find it every now and again and chuckle at the things that I wrote then, and how I feel about them now.

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about things I’d like to do, goals I’d like to accomplish, experiences I'd like to have. What I want to be remembered for, all that sappy bullshit that’s way more important than anyone wants to admit.  

So. I’m going to come up with a list. Forty things I want to experience or accomplish in the year I turn forty. Nothing necessarily life-altering, not necessarily hard, just things I’ve always wanted to do and haven’t quite gotten around to. Or things that I've done in the past and always meant to repeat. Besides, I’m a list maker. There’s something super satisfying about accomplishing goals and checking them off. 

I guess goal number one will be to come up with this list. Tune in soon, and follow along in my shenanigans. It’ll be fun!