My Impossible List
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:
- Finish a campaign in Stellaris
- Play 100 Padel matches
- Learn to DJ
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 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
- Create a ROM-hack for an old video game
- Build and release a SNES game
- Build and release a NES game (example)
- Learn to fly drones
- Find a "drone flying" group and go along
- Buy a small, properly controllable drone
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
- Complete a Melbourne Marathon
Run a 5K(October 2015)- Run a 10K
- Play 100 Padel matches
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
- Have a basic conversation in Chinese 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 one 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 FF7
Music
- Learn to play the piano
- Learn to DJ