Someone polled roughly 2,000 people and asked what things they thought you should accomplish before you reach 40. The best ones are broke down into five categories:

  1. Relationship stuff: Fall in love, have a one-night stand, have your heart broken, get married, and have a kid.
  2. Career stuff: Earn a degree, reach management level, get FIRED, start a business, land your dream job, volunteer, and save for retirement.
  3. Travelling: Visit another continent, go on a cruise, go whale watching, see a Broadway show, see some of the Seven Wonders of the World, and fly first class at least once.
  4. Living arrangements: Have an apartment in the middle of a city, live outside a city, buy a house, and have a mortgage.
  5. Random life events: Own a pet, have a really bad hangover, try to be vegetarian, attend a black-tie event, go skinny dipping, and fight someone.