40 Before 40

 40 Things I Want to Do Before I Turn 40 (in 2021)

#1. Learn and perform a traditional Polynesian dance

#2. Record my own music

#3. Get paid to do public-speaking

#4. Write my memoirs

#5. Learn to play guitar

#6. Become a mentor

#7. Visit Thailand

#8. Go to Africa

#9. Make a "Life Story" scrapbook for each of my children

#10. Do a 7-day fast  (See here: Results Of My First 7-Day Fast)

#11. Meet a Native American medicine-man

#12. Spend a year travelling, with no plan and no destination. Just exploring...

#13. Do a 3-month raw food cleanse

#14. Build a flourishing health-food business

#15. Host a raw-food dinner

#16. Grow a lush herb and vegetable garden

#17. Learn to design and make my own clothes (Already started)

#18. Speak fluent Tongan (Be able to stand up and give an ad lib speech) (Almost there)

#19. Speak fluent Spanish (as evidenced by my being able to travel to a Spanish-speaking country and converse with people/find my way around)

#20. Visit South America

#21. Do a wellness/detox retreat

#22. Research and document my family tree

#23. Cut my hair really short, just to see what it looks like! (See here: My First Visit to a Hairdresser in Over 5 Years (With Before and After Photos)

#24. Build at least 5 passive income streams

#25. See the Grand Canyon

#26 Road-trip across America

#27. Make a cheesecake

#28. Repay my debts (a loan from my parents, and a VET-Fee study loan from government.)

#29. Set up a program that helps some of the poorest people in Tonga to produce their own food.

#30. Visit Vava'u during whale season

#31. Travel around Oz

#32. Buy myself flowers

#33. Perform a random act of kindness, every day, for 30 days.

#34. Compete in a 10km race

#35. Become a qualified kinesiologist

#36. Have my aura read

#37. Meet my mentor, the lovely Brandi Bates, in person (She now lives in Belize)

#38. Become adept at yoga

#39. Become "fluent" in wild foods and medicinal plants

#40. Undecided. Will fill in later...