the B-I-G 4-0

So i turn 40 this year! OMG seriously 40 years since I came into existence! For some, it's not a big deal. But for me it SOOO IS! WEll, first of all, it's the year of pandemic. Officially started the year with so many Covid cases and the numbers keep rising, no thank you to the muppets running the administration today. So if we were Covid-free, I should have been in Amsterdam in March 2020! Like that's going to happen anymore? I chose 2020 instead of the year I turn 40 for the simple reason of wanting to do it during my 30-s. I did make a Europe tour but with the whole jingbang and this time I wanted to do a solo-trip and it didn't happen. Anyway, I ain't going to let that or anything else come in the way of my biggest tipping point year ever! So first off, I started the year job-less. My contract with Coty ended on the 31st of Dec 2020. Due to the pandemic, the headcount for HR was sacrificed like a lamb and so I was laid off. After 2 unsuccessful interviews and 2 unsuccessful assessment, I decided to stop looking for a job and that the right role will find me when the time is right. So I decided to dedicate the time I had to pursue my own interests, sort the kids out, clean my home and finish some of my passion projects. One MAJOR plan I've devised for myself is this - for the year i turn 40, I will be carrying out 40 different things I've always told myself I wanted to do but have not done it. AND the good news is, for a start, January has been extremely fruitful, here is why: My 40 passion projects have started off successfully so far with the following: 1) I enrolled myself into a Toastmasters club (been wanting to join one since year 2000! but never had the guts/ time to do so) 2) I started this mini-kill with kindness-motto for myself and been reaching out to people who crossed my paths in a different way, helping/ supporting them in one way or another AND that has given me a HUGE lesson in gratitude and fortitude *something i truly truly thought I always had but finally learnt! 3) Started to exercise to get back my pre-pregnancy weight. I have no weight loss goals but just want to finish what I started and started short 7-min exercises and v-logging my journey too. It's been like 2 weeks now and i'm already feeling like a million-dollar bill! :) There you go! These were done in January 2021 and we have 11 months to tick off another 37 items from my 40-yo-bucket-list. Some others I have planned out: - 101 cooking book for super busy asian mommies that don't cost a bomb or years of preparation - plants and their benefits / cook book (still figuring out how to marry the above point with this one) - start Soapxpress - a bespoke/custom made soap service for your customized soap needs for gifting - start to sell actively on Shoppee (not just to clear stock) AND MANY Many more to come! I cannot wait to start each of the items on the list and the only rule i have for myself is to complete what I've started! Can't be that hard can it?