I have decided that, as I approach the ripe old age of 50 at a rapid clip, I’m going to start doing all the things I have “always wanted to do.” Enough is enough, and I don’t have to earn my happiness, so I am heading full board towards accomplishing some bucket list items.

I got the idea from my friend Rai on Instagram to make a physical list of things to do before I turn 50, so I sat down and thought of some realistic things and some buckwild things to do in the next five years. It took a couple of days because coming up with fifty things is a LOT.
I asked my friends, I put a poll on Instagram, edited the list down multiple times, and came up with this list. Three days into this journey, and I’m close to checking two of them off already!
(Some things were reserved for a secret list, including those I wouldn’t make public, and some REALLY crazy things I may not accomplish but wanted to shoot for anyway. If I check the crazy things off the list, I’ll let y’all know on Instagram!)
My 50 Before 50 List
- Learn how to make pasta
- Enter a contest with flowers I grow myself
- Speak at a conference
- Visit Scotland
- Meet an A List celeb
- Eat a totally new type of cuisine
- Take myself on a date
- Visit the Netherlands
- Eat at a Michelin-star restaurant
- Attend a farm-to-table dinnerÂ
- Eat a meal cooked by a James Beard Award-winner
- Eat at a chef’s table
- Go glamping
- Bake a croquembouche
- Go on a bioluminescence paddle
- Leave a random love letter for a stranger
- Knit bomb something
- Eat at the Pink Door
- Visit Asheville
- Eat at Archipelago
- Go out on a sailboat
- Make homemade donuts
- Have an unbirthday party
- Renew my passport and use it (not in Canada)
- Finish my spinal tattoo
- Sew a dress for myself
- Take a pottery class
- Visit a rage room
- Have dim sum in Vancouver BC
- Go to an NHL game
- Eat a meal prepared by an iron chef
- Ride the alpine coaster in Leavenworth WA
- Go on a whale-watching trip
- Create a signature cocktail
- Take a dance class
- Go to a concert (a big one)
- Visit a National Park
- Win an award
- Publish another book
- Have a luxurious spa day
- Catch a salmon
- Make a great macaron
- Cook over a campfire
Take a train rideDone!- Feed a giraffe
- Drive a vintage car
- Go to a con in costume
- Visit a graveyard
- Learn to ride a motorcycle
- See the northern lights