Impossible List
Better than a Bucket List.
This is my Impossible List. I got the idea from Joel Runyon who created the world’s first Impossible List and defined the difference between it and a regular ‘ole bucket list. Put simply the Impossible List is an ever-evolving list of experiences that build upon each other, help others as well as yourself, and implore you to take action. I also followed the examples of Steve Kamb and Thomas Frank. This is mine, which is always changing.
Fitness Goals
- Run a 5k
- Run a mile in under 8 minutes
- Swim a mile
- Swim a 5k
- Jump 20 inches vertically
- Do a pull up
- Do a full push up
- 25 burpees in 5 minutes
- 2 minute plank
- Handstand
- Run a Tough Mudder
- Complete a Warrior Dash
- Complete a Spartan Sprint
- Complete Physical Assessment for Army
- Hike part of the Appalachian Trail
Skill Goals
- Learn to field dress an animal
- Learn to ride a motorcycle
- Get CPR certified
- Learn to drive stick shift
- Learn to pick a lock
- Learn knife throwing
- Learn archery
- Learn a second language
- Learn to cook
Professional Goals
- Generate full time income online
- Generate income passively
- Retire by 40
- Get published
- Be completely location independent
- Invest in a startup
- Write over 100k words
Miscellaneous Goals
- Play with wolves
- Get married
- Own a green home
- Grow a garden
- Visit all 50 states
- Live outside the US
- Plant 100 trees
- Be totally debt free
- Get dual citizenship
- Create Bug Out Bag
- Fund a scholarship
- Mentor an LGBT kid
A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.
-Robert A. Heinlein