I’ve written a bucket list once or twice. They’re a lovely afternoon of daydreaming and maybe a weeks worth of inspiration (if you’re lucky and don’t get distracted by cartoon theme songs from the 90’s). If I ever achieved anything from the list though, it was completely by happenstance rather than consistent effort towards a goal.
To fix that, I decided to go looking for a better concept. I found “The Impossible List”. Thomas Frank of CollegeInfoGeek explains it well here;
Taking inspiration from Thomas, I decided to create a ‘Impossible List’ of my own 🙌
Current Focuses:
- Attend five BJJ classes a week for three months
- Release an iOS application
- Read 30 books in a year (tracked here and here)
- Finish a campaign in Stellaris
Last Five Completed Goals:
Learn to ski (July 2018)Ski blue runs at Mt. Buller confidently(September 2018)Ski a black run(September 2018)Visit San Francisco(November 2018)Do a bladesmithing course(November 2018)
Skills:
- Remove an engine from a car and completely disassemble it, then reassemble it, put it back, and turn it on
- Learn to play the piano
Learn to skiSki blue runs at Mt. Buller confidently(September 2018)Ski a black run(September 2018)- Ski every Mt. Buller black run
- Learn to surf
- Do a surf lesson day-trip
- Learn to craft knives
Do a bladesmithing course(November 2018)- Finish week long bladesmithing course
Cook sweet mochi(July 2018)Cook a large batch of well formed mochi(April 2019)- Sell mochi at a market
- Create a ROM-hack for an old video game
- Build and release a SNES game
- Build and release a NES game (example)
Fitness/Health:
- Do a six-week fitness bootcamp (June 2018)
- Blue belt in BJJ
One-stripe white-belt in BJJ(April 2019)- Attend five BJJ classes a week for three months
- Complete a Tough Mudder
- Complete a Spartan Race
- Run a 5K
- Run a 10K
Entrepreneurship:
- Start a business
- Release an iOS application
- Create a video game in iOS
Languages:
- Have a basic conversation in French with a fluent speaker
- Have a basic conversation in Russian with a fluent speaker
Travel:
Visit Japan again(February 2020)- Visit Italy again
- Visit London again
- Visit China
Visit San Francisco(November 2018)
Life:
- Read 30 books in a year
- Sell ten belongings you don’t use
- Own a home
Video Games:
- Finish a campaign of AI-War
- Finish a campaign in Stellaris
- Finish a farm in Stardew Valley
- Replay Final Fantasy 7