I’m not one for sports. I’ve never been one for playing sports or really being so much invested in sports except for hockey; that was the one sport that I grew up with because my brother played hockey, my cousins played hockey, my dad watches hockey, and my uncles watch hockey. It was something that was a bonding thing with family and just grew up with and truly enjoy. But honestly; I’m no expert by any means, I enjoy the sport and I’m a fan (Go Leafs Go!).
I was never really the active girl growing up in school. Physical education was my least favourite class that I had to do, I would do almost anything, or come up with any excuse in order to avoid it. I believe it was the fear of failure. That I’m not fast enough, that I’m not good enough, that I’m not athletic enough and not able to compete at the level I am supposed to; it just stayed with me into my adult life. I never really confronted that fear, it never was a priority for me because my life choices never brought me down the physical activity path. Now that I’m older I am learning to be more physically active, I’m going to the gym regularly and building up my endurance. While walking on the treadmill viewing a hiking trail, it really got me thinking that maybe I should revisit some of the things that I’ve wanted to do growing up, but was always scared to do.
Naturally, coming up with this 40 before 40 list I have included some outdoor activities and sport themed activities to accomplish. One thing that I definitely want to do is rock climbing, now I understand that there is indoor and outdoor but I’m not sure if there’s a difference between the two as far as me being an amateur and wanting to do this. I’m thinking probably indoor rock climbing would be safer for me as an amateur so that is definitely something that I want to do. If I were to do something like this outdoors it would be rappelling, going down a mountain sounds easier and more realistic for me than trying to climb it (maybe)
I don’t want to be afraid to do these things, so this is really going to be a challenge for me not just physically, but emotionally and mentally.
Another thing I wrote down is to play tennis. Tennis a sport that I’ve never watched or really ever gotten into as a fan but I feel like it’s a sport that I could potentially be good at. I believe it could be a confidence booster as a sports player; I remember in high school playing badminton and feeling like ‘hey I can actually play this and you know what I am pretty decent at it’ so I thought maybe as an upgrade from badminton, know maybe tennis could be something that I could definitely try and be decent at too. Tennis is not an extreme sport, it’s not a sport where there’s a lot of equipment involved and I think I would genuinely enjoy it and not feel a lot of pressure.
Now I’m not one for the winter season, but something that I would love to do is actually go snowboarding. I’ve done skiing in the past, I didn’t really enjoy it because I was scared out of my mind and I believe I was in grade eight or nine when I did it for the first time. I think that snowboarding is just so much cooler, I believe being on a solid board versus two might be more stable for me. I could be wrong, but that’s how I think of it in my mind and just concentrating on my balance, my legs and my core versus skiing you have to make sure that your legs are placed a certain way and you have the sticks in your hand. It just seems like too much, so I believe snowboarding might be easier for me. So that’s something that I would love to do hopefully this winter.
Now the next two things might be a little bit strange, but it is something that I am wanting to do, (maybe I have a little aggression that I need to pull out!) The two things that I have written next on my list is to go axe throwing and to go to a gun range and shoot a gun. Now I’m not one for violence, anyone who knows me well knows that I’m not one for violence or confrontation or anything like that. But seeing these activities in different places and even on social media like the axe throwing I just think it’s really cool and very interesting. To me, it’s almost like playing darts, but with a much bigger ‘dart’ and obviously a larger target. I will admit I am one of those girls that listens to true crime podcasts and I watch criminal minds and CSI was my favourite show when I was in high school and university so the idea of being able to shoot a gun at a target would be something so exhilarating to experience. For the record, it’ll be the one time just to get it out of my system.
One other activity that I have done in the past, but not to its full experience would be like to go horseback, whether on a trail or on a professional course of some sort. I would love to be able to experience that. I would be open to taking a few lessons and connect with a horse before riding it; I have never done anything like that before so I that would be something really cool to experience. It does look like a lot of fun, people that I’ve spoken to who have done horseback riding say it’s very calming, very relaxing and the connection that you have with the horses is just something really special.
One more extreme thing that I would like to do is to ride a motorcycle. I’m not sure exactly what the qualifications are in order to do that that is something that one time, it is something I definitely have to look into but it would be something so wicked to do. When I say ride a motorcycle, I don’t mean ride from my house to somewhere; I would love to do it like on a track or on a course of some sort, somewhere in a controlled setting. I’m not here to gain a few licenses to drive a car and a motorcycle and a four-wheeler or anything like that these are just one offs that I would love to do and be able to say that I’ve done it.
I know I’ve mentioned in a previous post that I don’t know how to swim and yet I do have a few things on my list that include water. Again, it’s those things that I’ve been wanting to do for a while, but because of my own fear and others telling me I can’t do it, I just want to do it even more. I want to go jet skiing. I want to go parasailing. I want to try surfing and do whatever I can to experience any type of water activity. I believe this stems from watching some reality shows like Housewives and Below Deck and seeing how much fun people have doing these types of activities and I just think to myself ‘this looks like so much fun I want to be able to do that’ I am putting this out into the universe that I can do all of these things and more by the time I turn forty years old. I am manifesting, I am praying, I am hoping, and I am wishing for all of this to happen and I will keep you all updated on my progress.
If you have any suggestions, any ideas, if you think I should add anything else to my list, know any places I should check out or even want to join me feel free to drop a comment send me an email or reach out on social media. I look forward to hearing from all of you. Thank you so much for following me on this crazy journey and I will see you all very soon.