Amashumi amane ama-30 amasha kuhle ukuze banqobe ngo 4-0. Ufeze okuningi, futhi ulungile lapho ufuna ukuba khona. Kodwa ukudideka kokuthola indlela engcono kakhulu yokugubha lesi senzakalo esiyingqopha-mlando kukubuyisela esiphithiphithini esingaqondile seminyaka engu-20s (ungasiphathi kabi, ukuba neminyaka engu-24 bekumnandi, kodwa i-Mountain Dew nemango vodka?). Ungabe usakhathazeka-sesize nemibono ehlukene engama-40 yephathi yosuku lokuzalwa ezokwenza lo nyaka ube okhunjulwayo. (Ithiphu yochwepheshe: bhukha umzanyana wakho manje.)
UDaniel Limpi / EyeEm / Getty Izithombe1. Qasha i-roller-skating rink
Kungase kungabonakali njengombono wokuqala kakhulu emhlabeni, kodwa ubani onendaba? Kunjalo ubumnandi, ikakhulukazi uma une-rink yonke kuwe kanye nephathi yakho yasendle-noma ethambile ngendlela emangalisayo. Futhi uma ufuna ngempela ukuzibophezela kulo mbono, mema abangani bakho nomndeni wakho ukuthi bagqoke. Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi inetimu yama-'70s, '80s-themed noma i-Halloween khetha uhambo lwakho, ukwengeza isici semvunulo kuzoyisa leli phathi ezingeni elilandelayo.2. Hamba uyokhempa
Konke okufunayo nge-40 yakho ukuphuma ku-dodge bese ucindezela ehlane. Ngakho...kungani ungahambi nabantu obathandayo? Uma ithimba lakho selivele ligcwele ochwepheshe bokukhempa, mane ubeke izizathu ofuna ukuhlala kuzo bese utshela wonke umuntu ukuthi eze nezinto zabo (kanye nama-marshmallows engeziwe). Uma ukukhempa kukusha kuwe, bheka izinketho zeqembu ezinamalungiselelo okulala kanye nama-grill asemisiwe. Futhi uma uthanda, cwaninga amasayithi e-glamping aseduze nawe. Akekho owathi kufanele ukwenze rough ukuze ujabulele Umama Wendalo.
3. Qasha i-Airbnb kusasele amahora ambalwa
An Ngaphansi kweLanga laseTuscan umzuzu ngokuqinisekile uyoba omangalisayo. Kodwa awunaso isikhathi noma imali yokuzithumela wena nabangane bakho obathandayo abangu-16 ku-soiree yamazwe ngamazwe (ingasaphathwa eyokukhokhela ukunakekelwa kwengane, yikes). Kodwa lokho akusho ukuthi awukwazi ukubaleka. Siqagela ukuthi uhambo olufushane, emahoreni ambalwa noma ngaphezulu, lungakufica endlini enhle yolwandle, indawo yokuhlala ebabazekayo esezintabeni noma eduze kwendawo yewayini. Indlu eqashisayo endaweni efana nalezi, ikakhulukazi ngenkathi yamahlombe, ingaba yinhle futhi ezithengekayo.
4. Volontiya kokuthile okukhathalelayo
Esikhundleni samajezi e-cashmere nezitifiketi zezipho, cela obathandayo ukuthi babambe iqhaza ekusizeni isizathu esiseduze nenhliziyo yakho. Kungaba umsebenzi wokuzithandela ekhishini lesobho, ukwakha inkundla yokudlala yomphakathi ongasikiwe noma ukufundisa izingane. Noma ngabe kuyini, wena nethimba lakho ningenza umehluko (futhi niqhubeke niyofuna iziphuzo).
10'000Hours/Getty Images5. Thatha ikilasi lezitsha zobumba
Ukwenzile njalo bengifuna ithuba lakho esondweni. Kwavele kwabonakala…kuhle! Isexwayiso se-Spoiler: Kunzima kakhulu kunalokho okubukeka, kodwa akusona isizathu sokuthi ungakwazi ukungcolisa izandla zakho. Bheka izitudiyo zobumba eziseduze nawe ezinikeza izifundo zeqembu. Uma ufuna isikhathi esiningi somuntu oyedwa nomfundisi, gcina iqembu lincane kakhulu.6. Yenza iphathi encane yesidlo sakusihlwa
Uyathanda ukupheka nokubamba izivakashi. Ngakho-ke noma ugcina kulula ngamaresiphi amnandi eqeqebana elikhulu noma ufaka isigqoko sompheki wakho, uthulule izigqoko futhi ushaye ama-soufflé angu-20 afanele ukuqhosha, iphathi encane yesidlo sakusihlwa ekhaya lakho usuku lokuzalwa olusondelene ngokumangalisayo lwama-40. inketho yephathi. Futhi, uma wenza konke ukupheka, cela izivakashi zakho ukuthi zilethe iwayini.
7. Qasha umpheki ozimele
Noma mhlawumbe awufuni ukuzipheka wena. Letha umpheki onekhono azokuphakela isidlo sakusihlwa esimnandi. Kuye ngokuthi uligcina lincane kangakanani iqembu, lingase lingambi eqolo njengoba ubungacabanga. Futhi akukhona nje ukuthi kuhle ukucabanga ngokudla ukudla kwezinkanyezi ezinhlanu ekhaya lakho ukuthi wawungahlanganise lutho nakho? Amaphupho ayafezeka.
8. Hlela iphathi ye-pizza nge-sommelier
Uyakujabulela ukudlala nhlangothi zombili ze-high-low spectrum-ungakhuluma ngokusetshenziswa kwelensi ye-fisheye Intandokazi usuku lonke, kodwa futhi wenza isikhathi sawo wonke ama-franchise aku- Omama Bemizi Bangempela indawo yonke. Okusiletha ku-pizza ethobekile newayini elimnandi. Uh yebo, lokho ubizo lwakho ngamafuphi. Oda i-pizza endaweni oya kuyo, bese uqasha i-som ngokubuza esitolo sakho sewayini sasendaweni, indawo yokudlela yezinkanyezi ezinhlanu noma izinti zewayini ze-Facebook.
Izithombe Zeqhawe/Izithombe ze-Getty9. Hlela i-potluck
Yenza izinto zibe lula kuwena futhi ucele wonke umuntu angene ngaphakathi. Uhlinzeka ngendawo, indawo nesikhathi, futhi wonke umuntu uletha ukudla. (Qinisekisa ukuthi kukhona umuntu osemsebenzini wekhekhe lokuzalwa, Kulungile?)10. Bhuka igumbi langasese endaweni yokudlela oyikhonzile
Kuyijoyinti oyintandokazi yakho ngesizathu—ukudla kuhlala kumnandi, isevisi yinhle futhi izintengo aziwehli imali. Uya lapho okungenani kanye ngesonto nozakwenu noma nomndeni wakho, kodwa kungani ungabaniki ibhizinisi lokusingatha iphathi enkulu? Futhi uma bekwazi njengekhasimende elivamile, kungenzeka ukuthi bazophonsa ezinye izinto ukuze bamanzise impempe yakho.
11. Noma oda endaweni yokudlela oyikhonzile
KULUNGILE, njengoba kushiwo indawo yokudlela eyintandokazi ingamamitha-skwele angama-300 enesevisi yekhawunta kuphela. Uma kunjalo, lethe indawo yokudlela oyikhonzile kuwe. Oda isitayela somndeni futhi usethe i-buffet ekhishini lakho ukuze uthole ubusuku obunokhiye ophansi kodwa obumnandi.
12. Vakashela indawo yokuphisa utshwala
Uma ubulokhu ufuna ukubona ukuthi isoseji lenziwa kanjani—kodwa lingenagazi kangako—vakashela indawo edayisa utshwala yasendaweni. Akudingekile ukuthi kube yi-Budweiser noma i-Coors Light, ngokuvamile i-brewery encane, kumnandi kakhulu. Futhi amathuba ukuthi kanye nezinye izindiza ezinkulu zikabhiya kukhona amamenyu amahle.
13. Hamba unambitha iwayini
Ayikho into efana nokuvakashela isivini noma indawo yokwenza iwayini ukunambitha umkhiqizo oseduze. Nakuba i-Napa ilungele i-primo vino, kunezindawo eziningi zewayini nezivini ezweni lonke. Ngena ukuze ubone ukuthi ungakwazi yini ukubhukha iqembu ngaphambi kokuthi uphume.
14. Rosa ikhofi lakho
Ubungeke uphile ngaphandle kokusa kwakho—kanye no-3 p.m—i-caffeine boost. Futhi njengoba usuhlanganisa iminyaka engu-40, akusona yini isikhathi esihle sokufunda ukuthi lezi zinto zenziwa kanjani? Ukuthatha ikilasi lokugazinga ikhofi esitolo sakho sekhofi ngeke nje kube kufundisa kakhulu kodwa kujabulise kakhulu.
15. Yenza inhlama emuncu
Njengoba sikhula, sivame ukuqala ukwazisa izinto ezinhle, ezilula—njengenhlama emuncu ebhakwe kahle. Ngakho-ke bhalisela ikilasi lokubhaka inhlama emuncu ukuze ufunde ukuthi lokhu kudla okungenamsoco kwenziwa kanjani (kuyinkimbinkimbi futhi kuyathakazelisa kunalokho obungacabanga) futhi ubuye ekhaya nesinkwa esisha ozosisika ekuseni ukuze uthole ukudla kwasekuseni.
Izithombe Zeqhawe/Izithombe ze-Getty16. I-Karaoke inhliziyo yakho
Bhuka igumbi. Oda izimbiza zikabhiya. Futhi yiba nengoma ozoya kuyo isilungile.17. Yiya emuvi
Ugcine nini ukuya endaweni yemidlalo yaseshashalazini futhi wa-oda ama-popcorn ne-Coke? Thenga umugqa wamathikithi futhi ulethe umndeni wakho nabangane bakho ku-flick yaphakathi nosuku.
18. Noma uqashe ithiyetha
Amanye amatiyetha, njenge-Alamo Drafthouse emadolobheni ahlukahlukene ezweni lonke, akuvumela ukuthi uqashe ithiyetha futhi ubuke imuvi oyikhethayo kubo bonke abangani bakho. (Kuzoba njalo Inhlangano Yabo , ngiyabonga kakhulu.) Ingxenye emnandi kakhulu ukuthi, ngenxa yokuthi inkundla yemidlalo yaseshashalazini, ungakwazi futhi ukunikeza bonke abangani bakho ukudla neziphuzo belapho.
19. Bamba umdlalo ebusuku
Udlale i-Settlers of Catan kanye futhi manje usuwumlutha. Yenza ubusuku bonke bakho ngokumema abanye abangani bakho abadlali bebhodi noma ama-rookies ukuthi bafunde umdlalo wakho owuthandayo.
20. Hamba nge-bowling
Akukaze kuzwakale kumnandi ephepheni njengoba kunjalo ngempela. Hlukanisa iphathi yakho ngamaqembu ukuze ukhuphule umncintiswano, noma ukhethe amabhampa nobhiya owengeziwe ukuze ugcine izinto zijabulisa.
21. Jabula iqembu lezemidlalo
Imicimbi yezemidlalo inephathi eyakhelwe kuyo. Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi ithrekhi yomjaho, umdlalo webhola lomnqakiswano weligi encane noma ibhola lezinyawo lasekolishi, vikela izihlalo ezithile kuma-bleachers (noma izihlalo zamabhokisi uma ufisa) kanye nempande, impande, izimpande zeqembu lasekhaya.
22. Yiba nobusuku emnyuziyamu
Uyasikhumbula leso sigameko lapho uRoss noRachel besenza khona endaweni yeplanethi? Yebo, ungakwenzi lokho. Kodwa bheka ubusuku obudala noma obulungu kumnyuziyamu yangakini, noma ubuze mayelana nokuqasha indawo yomcimbi wangasese. Ama-cocktails ophikweni lwaseGibhithe? Ungakhathazeki uma sikwenza.
Izithombe Zeqhawe/Izithombe ze-Getty23. Hlela iholidi lokungena
Uke waba nakho San Miguel de Allende engqondweni yakho unyaka wonke. Kodwa uluhlela kanjani lonke uhambo lwamazwe ngamazwe lokuzalwa? Awu, awudingi. Kubizwa ngokuthi iholidi lokungena, futhi izinkulungwane zeminyaka zizenze zaba utho. Okufanele ukwenze ukubhukha ingxenye yakho yohambo futhi umeme abantu ukuthi bakujoyine nganoma yini enengqondo kubo. Becabanga ngohlelo lwakho lohambo, bangabhukha okwabo uhambo nendawo yokuhlala futhi mhlawumbe benze nezabo izinhlelo. Wonke umuntu wenza abakufunayo futhi intombazane yokuzalwa ibona abangane. Kulula!24. Hlela 'uhambo olude lwesemishi le-ham' ebusuku
Uke wezwa inkulumo ethi uhambo olude lwesemishi le-ham, mhlawumbe ngemva kokuxoxa indaba ende ngempela ngesiphetho esingenasici? (Sike saba khona sonke.) Awu, kungani ungahleli uhambo olude lwangempela lwesemishi le-ham…noma ezimbalwa? Mema iqembu labangane bakho ukuthi libambe iqhaza ekukhaseni kwesemishi le-ham lapho ababambiqhaza bacobelela okwabo ukudla ngesemishi le-ham (mhlawumbe nge-cocktail yesiginesha). Ukuthi iqembu liyahamba ngempela yini, ama-Uber noma amabhayisikili ukusuka ekhaya uye ekhaya kukuwe.
25. Thatha uhambo lwabangane abakhulu kuphela
Ingcindezi yokwenza iphathi enkulu ingokoqobo. Kodwa kwabanye bethu, umbono wawo wonke umuntu esimaziyo ekamelweni elilodwa wanele ukusenza sifune ukungena ngaphansi kwetafula futhi singaphumi. Yenza izinto zibe lula ngokugcina iphathi yakho kubangani bakho abahlanu noma abayisithupha abahamba phambili kuphela. Kwenyukele phezulu ngokuhlanganisa wonke umuntu endlini yokuvakasha noma ehhotela likanokusho—abashade nabo kubalwa (noma cha).
I-SolStock / Getty Izithombe26. Bamba 'Ingcosana Yakho Konke' Iklabhu
Uma ubuhlose ukuhlela iklabhu yezincwadi noma into yalolo hlobo, i-Little Bit of Everything Club ephuma kanye nje ingase ibe phezu kwakho. Isisekelo ngemuva kwe-ALBEC sifana neklabhu yezincwadi, kodwa akunjalo nje iklabhu yezincwadi. Kunalokho, umsingathi ukhetha ezintweni ezihlukahlukene ukuze abahlanganyeli bazenze, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi lokho kufunda isiqephu sendatshana esihle kakhulu (noma esivamile nje!), ukupheka ndawonye iresiphi ethakazelisayo, ukulalela isiqephu se-podcast, ukudlala ividiyo entsha. umdlalo, njll. Njengoba ungayifundi yonke incwadi, abantu abaningi bazokwazi ukuhlanganyela! Futhi ubani owaziyo? Mhlawumbe uzoqala isiko elisha.27. Yiba nephathi ‘engafoni’
Kufana nephathi evamile, kodwa ngaphandle kokuphazamiseka kwesikrini sakho. Yebo, uqoqa amafoni awo wonke umuntu. Cha, awubabambeli (ungakwenza ukuze noma ubani afinyelele kalula kumafoni akhe uma edinga), kodwa umeme izivakashi zakho ukuthi zibe khona ngokwengeziwe futhi zihlanganyele. Kungase kugcine ngokuba i-hit, kungase kube ukwehluleka ngokuphelele, kodwa hey, okungenani uzinika i-banter enhle ongaqala ngayo ebusuku, akunjalo?
28. Yiba nephathi yemvunulo
Ubani onendaba uma usuku lwakho olukhulu luhlala eduze kwe-Halloween noma cha? Ukugqoka kuyinto ubumnandi . Nikeza izivakashi zakho ngetimu (iminyaka eyishumi, isiko le-pop, njll.) noma uzivumele zizikhethele owazo uhambo.
Pakorn Kumruen / EyeEm/Getty Izithombe29. Bamba ubusuku bekhasino
Ukuletha i-Atlantic City encane kuwe kulula kunokuba kuzwakala. Nab a i-poker kanye/noma i-roulette indwangu evela e-Amazon, oda ngokunye ukudla futhi uvumele imidlalo iqale. Ungakwazi ngisho nokuphakamisa iziteki (uthole?) ngokuqasha umdayisi oqeqeshiwe. Nokho, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi kwenzekani, indlu iyawina.30. Letha isifundi sekhadi lokubhula
Kungase kuzwakale sengathi woo-woo kancane, kodwa ungamangala ukuthi izivakashi zephathi yakho zizohlangana kanjani ukuze amakhadi azo afundwe. Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi ubamba i-shindig ekhaya lakho noma uletha izinto endaweni, ukuphula isixuku ngokuzijabulisa komuntu oyedwa kuwukusingatha iphathi 101.
31. Funda izinkanyezi zakho nesazi sezinkanyezi
Ngawo lowo mqondo, ungamangala ukuthola ukuthi uMalume uFred uyazi ukuthi uyilanga leCancer, i-Aries ephumayo kanye nenyanga yeScorpio. Ukumema isazi sezinkanyezi ephathini yakho kuyindlela enhle yokuphatha izivakashi zakho ngesikhathi sami somuntu siqu njengoba zifunda amashadi azo. Futhi ubani ongathandi ukuzwa ukuthi iSaturn in Pisces izothinta kanjani izimali zabo? (Qinisekisa ukuthi utshela izivakashi zakho ukuthi zize zilungisiwe kanye nehora kanye nendawo ezizalelwa kuyo.)
32. Qasha isangoma
Kukhona ezimbili ongakhetha nalokhu. Ungaya ku-cliché, umlingo oshizi kakhulu-akukho lutho olungalungile ngalokho. Noma, ungathola umkhohlisi wesimanjemanje ongenasigqoko esiphezulu esincane namajazi nokunye okuyi-blazer enhle ye-Zara. Noma iyiphi indlela, qiniseka ukuthi uthola ithuba lokukhetha ikhadi, noma yiliphi ikhadi.
33. Hamba uyodansa
Ungase ube neqolo nezinyawo eziyisicaba ezingasakwazi ukugqoka ama-stiletto. Kodwa lokho akusho ukuthi awukwazi ukuphuma uye edolobheni futhi unqume umata. Thola iklabhu enikezela ngobusuku bama-'80s (noma noma yikuphi ukujama okukho.) Noma, uma umcabango wendawo yokudansa egcwele ehlangene nabaneminyaka engu-20 ucebe kakhulu egazini lakho, qasha u-DJ ozophotha ephathini yakho yangasese. - noma heck, ngisho nangaphansi kwakho.
Artur Debat / Getty Izithombe34. Chitha usuku endaweni ye-spa yaseKorea
Into ejabulisayo ngamaspa amaningi ase-Korea ukuthi anakekela kahle amaqembu amakhulu—ukuze akunikeze umbono, I-Spa Castle e-Queens ingamamitha-skwele angu-100,000. Cabanga: ukukhuhla umzimba, ama-sauna, okugeza ngesitimu, ukubhucungwa nokunye. Khumbula ukuthi izinkonzo eziningi ngabobulili obufanayo kuphela. Ngakho-ke uma ubamba iphathi yabesifazane bonke, lokhu kungaba kuhle.35. Kwenze kube imfihlakalo yokubulala
Ungabamba iphathi yesidlo sakusihlwa esidala…noma ungabamba iphathi lapho kuthola khona othile ubulewe . Ukuphakama kwentshisekelo kokuhlangenwe nakho okuyimfihlakalo yokubulala kusho ukuthi kunokuningi ongakhetha kukho endaweni yangakini. Ukuthi ukusebenza (spoiler: akekho ngempela obulawayo) kuza kuwe noma uya kubo, nakanjani kuzoba isidlo sakusihlwa kanye nombukiso.
36. Thatha uhambo
Ingabe ufuna ukuzuza lelo khekhe lokuzalwa? Awu, manje ukuthi wena empeleni kukhona phezu kwegquma, kungani ungagibeli eyodwa? Akudingekile ukuthi kube i-Everest (noma i-basecamp), kodwa thola uhambo lokuqwala izintaba eduze nawe lapho wonke umuntu ephathini yakho angahlanganyela khona. Pakisha imiksi ethile yomzila namanzi omgwaqo futhi ubungaze ingqungquthela yakho nge-PB&Js enenhliziyo enhle nezithombe ezinhle kakhulu. phezulu.
37. Ipikiniki epaki
Kodwa yenza njenge- ku dult. Lokhu kusho ukufanisa izindwangu zetafula, obhasikidi abanezintambo ezithandekayo, ushizi ovela emakethe yangakini yabalimi kanye newayini elanele ukwanelisa ibutho elincane. Akunjalo ngokuhlala phansi? Kuhle kakhulu ukuletha itafula lakho.
Izithombe Ezinkulu/Izithombe ze-Getty38. Hlela usuku lwasensimini
Konke lokhu kumayelana ne-nostalgia. Thepha kulezo zinkumbulo zesikole sabaqalayo ngokuhlela udeshi wamayadi angu-50, igeyimu yokuthwebula ifulegi, i-long jump, i-kickball nokuningi. Uletha amathuluzi nonompempe abangachemile (hey, kulungile ukukucela abanye usuku lokuzalwa), futhi umndeni wakho nabangane bangaletha izimo zengqondo ezinempilo zokuncintisana. Qaphela nokho: Ukugcoba epaki kuyimpoqo ukuze usize wonke umuntu agcwalise amandla akhe kamuva.39. Gijimani umjaho
Ubulokhu usesimweni futhi manje usukulungele ukusebenzisa leyo 3K! Yeka indlela okujabulisa ngayo! Kungani ungamemi ozakwenu abagijimi ukuba bahlanganyele? Ikakhulukazi uma ukugijima kungenxa yesizathu esihle, ungamangala ukuthi bangaki abangani bakho namalungu omndeni angagxumela ebhodini ukuze enze umsebenzi omncane wokugubha usuku lokuzalwa.
40. Yenza iphathi engalindelekile…yabangane bakho
Lokhu ukwamukela abasingathi bezinga elilandelayo, kodwa nansi i-crux: Umema abangani, ngamunye ngesikhathi, kulokho abakwenzayo. cabanga umcimbi oyisicefe (awuthi, isidlo sakusihlwa ukuze ukhulume ngesiphakamiso se-PTA). Bese, uma befika lapho...Isimanga! Iphathi yakho yokugubha iminyaka engu-40! Vele uqiniseke ukuthi kuyinto evamile ngokwanele ukuthi izihambeli ngeke zibanjwe zigqokile, futhi uqiniseke ukuthi zinendlela ephephile yokufika ekhaya ngemva kwalokho.
OKUhlobene: Ama-movie okufanele wonke umuntu wesifazane awabuke ngaphambi kokuba abe neminyaka engama-40
