New movie ‘This Is 40’ hits Irish cinemas this week and in the sort-of sequel to ‘Knocked Up’ Paul Rudd and Leslie Mann’s characters are confronting the realities that come with life in your forties. Before you get there, we’ve compiled a list of forty things your really should do, before life begins again at the big Four-O.
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1. Go skinny-dipping, but avoid the Atlantic in winter.
2. Spend a full day in bed when you have a million things to do.
3. Make actual, real, photo albums from the many jpegs you own, laugh looking through them.
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4. Live alone for a time.
5. Go on a blind date.
6. Even if you hate cooking, learn how to make one failsafe meal.
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7. Treat yourself to something designer and expensive.
8. Go all out for Halloween, costumes, house décor – the lot.
9. Read one book you pretended to read for school but you really just read the cliff notes at the time.
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10. Take a dance class, even if you’ve got two left feet.
For part 1 of our 40 Things To Do click here.
For part 2 of our 40 Things To Do click here.
For part 4 of our 40 Things To Do click here.
This Is 40 is in Irish cinemas from February 14th
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