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As small business owners, many of the issues related to financing such as cash flow, income statements, expense reports, and forecasting are heavily related to being able to collect on accounts receivable as soon as possible, before it turns into debt.

I'm inspired to create a list of 40 things to do by age 40. Some of these items are from my existing visionboard, and some are specific items I'd like to complete.

If on the day of my 40th birthday, all these items are crossed off, I'll be pleased. I'll dream big in the hopes of winning big.
Reach for the stars, and catch the moon.... and all that.

Here, in no order, are my 40+ things to accomplish by age 40.

A) Health & Wellness
Marathon #3 - I participated in my first 1998 (San Diego Rock 'n' Roll) and another in 2007 (Honolulu) and am looking for the next one

Margaux Cameron is a guest blogger for An Apple a Day and a writer on sonography schools for Guide to Healthcare Schools.

So must us chic girls be confined to our stoops, mourning a better time when women packed trunks onto steamers for months of unbounded travel? Of course not. Airline costs merely force us to be more creative, more self-aware, and--if it were possible--better shoppers.

I recommend you seek new ways to get out, meet, and talk with potential customers, allies, and friends.

When you offer an opportunity to meet with your connections "in real life", you enhance your virtual interactions and you increase ways to spread word-of-mouth about your products and services.

When you're starting your green business, it's so important to have a core group of people to help you grow and thrive. Creating a mastermind group means developing this core group of individuals who help you achieve your objectives. For women in green businesses, this means reaching out to one another to create real connections. This isn't a competition -- this is world-changing work that we're doing, together.

Developing and growing your green business requires some level of thought about what you personally bring to the table, and what skills that the company or organization needs that you don't have.

For example: maybe you're a numbers person but don't have a creative on board.