40 Goals while 40

Whew - one week in the books and I'm already wondering what the heck I was thinking.  I suppose that's good - it means that the list is a stretch, but this will take some effort to get through.  The one nice aspect is that while I've been up regularly for sunrises, I've actually appreciated them a bit more.  That's one goal that's moving quickly.  Small benefit to shorter days! Current goals completed - ZERO.  That said, I have a chance (though it's an outside one) at crossing one off this weekend with the Krispy Kreme challenge.  How fast can I eat donuts? Progress notes: Physical     #5 - Covered 46 miles last week.  Not bad, but we'll need to start bicycling to get this back on target     #6 - 320/15,000 push ups complete.  On target here and they're getting easier.  Yes!     #11 - The eleven stretching exercises attempted are great.  Looking forward to finding more of these Mental    ...

Today marks the day that I've been on the planet for 40 years (or at least outside the womb - I'm not going to get technical).  I can remember as a child celebrating 40 years with my parents and thinking about how old that was.  There were black balloons and the term "over the hill" on everything.  At the time, it didn't make sense to me.  What did they mean by "over the hill".  And now, decades later, I find my joints creaking, my skin wrinkling, the cold biting a bit harder and I understand completely. A year ago, I turned 39 and decided then that, despite promising not to repeat anything like the "30 goals while 30", I would try to do 40 goals while I'm 40.  However, learning from the 30 goals, I realize I'm not going to accomplish them all so I've left a buffer which would permit me to miss 10% and still knock off 40 for the year.  In keeping with the theme though, as often as possible, I've tried to set the goals around t...