Background

Inspired by Thomas Frank who was inspired by Joel Runyon.‍

• https://collegeinfogeek.com/about/meet-the-author/my-impossible-list/
  
• https://impossiblehq.com/impossible-list/

Description

This list is a compilation of activities that at one point of my life I thought were impossible. Some are the things that when hearing about them I immediately said, "I could never do that". Others are activities that I saw others complete that made me think, "That could not happen in my life."

Now, they are a living document of items that I hope to work toward to make my life as meaningful and full as possible.

Created: December 30th, 2020
Updated: February 18th, 2023

Last 5 Completed

• Get 100 subscribers (Newsletter) - December 18, 2022
• Run a Marathon - December 11, 2022
• ‍Run a Half Marathon - September 24, 2022
• ‍Go vegan for a month - September 8, 2022
• Go vegetarian for a month - September 8, 2022

Life

• Become self-sufficient in that I do not have to work for money in an area that is not my true passion
  
• Foster a child
  
• Raise $100,000 for a charity

Love

• Go to a speed-dating event
• Go on a blind date - August 24, 2019
  
• Travel internationally to go on a date - November 18, 2021
• Ask a stranger on a date
  

Languages and travel

• English - Reach native competency - Sometime between 1999 and 2002
  
• Tagalog - Have a conversation with a complete stranger about a deep, meaningful topic in Tagalog with very little English
• American Sign Language - Have a conversation with a complete stranger about a deep meaningful topic completely in ASL
• German - Have a conversation with a complete stranger about a deep, meaningful topic in German without English
• German - Test to C2 Level
• Spanish - Have a conversation with a complete stranger about a deep, meaningful topic in Spanish without English
• Spanish - Test to C2 Level
• French - Have a conversation with a complete stranger about a deep, meaningful topic in French without English
• French - Test to C2 level
• French - Read The Count of Monte Cristo in French
• Irish Gaelic - Successfully test to B1 level
• Japanese - Successfully test to N1 level
• Learn a second Filipino dialect
• Visit all 50 States
• Visit 25 countries - December 1, 2019
• Visit 50 countries
• Visit 100 countries
• Visit 150 countries
• Visit every country
• Live in another country for at least one year
• Visit all 7 Continents
• Live on at 6 different continents for at least 6 months each
• Obtain dual citizenship
• Become an au pair
• Visit the North Pole
• Visit the South Pole
• Visit Everest Base Camp
• Go to Outer Space
• Visit every NHL stadium
• See the Northern Lights - February 12, 2019
• ‍Go to a hot air balloon festival
• Do the Inca Trail - November 25, 2017
• ‍Do the entire Camino de Santiago
• Do the entire Appalachian Trail
• Do the entire Pacific Crest Trail
• Travel across an ocean in a boat
  

Fitness

• Bench 225 pounds
  
• Bench 315 pounds
  
• Squat 225 pounds - July 31, 2021
  
• Squat 315 pounds
  
• Squat 405 pounds
  
• Deadlift 225 pounds
  
• Deadlift 315 pounds
  
• Deadlift 405 pounds
  
• Do 10 pull-ups in a set - December 23, 2021
  
• Do 20 pull-ups in a set
  
• Do 10 chin-ups in a set
  
• Do 20 chin-ups in a set
  
• Do a standing backflip
  
• Do a muscle up
  
• Do 10 muscle ups in a set
  
• Do a fingertip pushup
  
• Do 10 fingertip pushups in a set
• Complete 50 Double Unders (DUs) in a row on Jump Rope - September 9, 2021
• Complete 100 DUs in a row
• Complete 250 DUs in a row
• Complete 500 DUs in a row
• Complete 1,000 DUs in a row
• Run a 6 minute mile - December 24, 2021
• Run a 5.5 minute mile
• Run a 5 minute mile
• Run a 4.5 minute mile
• Run a 4 minute mile
  
• Run a 5k - July 30, 2012
  
• Run a Half Marathon - September 24, 2022
  
• Run a Marathon - December 11, 2022
• Run a 3:00 Marathon
• Run a 2:45 Marathon
  
• Qualify for and run the Boston Marathon
  
• Run a Tough Mudder - April 28, 2013
  
• Complete a Triathlon
  
• Complete an Iron Man
• Complete a 10 hour Iron Man
  
• Reach single digit body fat percentage
  
• Do the splits
  

Habits

• Journal every day for a year straight
  
• Wake up at 5:00 AM every day for a year straight
  

Reading

• Read 100 books in a calendar year - December 31, 2019
  
• Do it again and take real notes on each book where I can recall all major ideas through the notes.
  
• Read one holy book of all major religions
  
• Read all of J. R. R. Tolkien’s books on Middle-earth
  
• Read a classic book written in another language
  

Skills

• Learn to play ukulele while living in Hawaii
  
• Learn ballroom dance
  
• Take part in a ballroom dance competition
  
• Learn hip hop dance
  
• Learn to ski
  
• Learn to surf
  
• Become scuba certified
  
• Learn to freedive
  
• Take voice lessons consistently for a year
  
• Learn a martial art consistently for a year
  
• Study a martial art for at least a month in the country where it originated
  
• Learn to code HTML
  
• Building my own website with that coding knowledge
  
• Learn to code Python
  
• Learn to whistle in tune
  
• Learn to play the harmonica
  
• Learn to play the piano
  
• Learn to play Mahjong
  
• Learn how to tap dance
  

Professional

• Start my own business
  
• Give a talk for more than 1,000 people
  
• Give a talk for more than 2,500 people
  
• Give a talk for more than 5,000 people
  
• Fund another person's dream as an angel investor
  
• Make $50k in a single year from only areas where I truly enjoy the process
  
• Make $100k in a single year from only areas where I truly enjoy the process
  
• Make $500k in a single year from only areas where I truly enjoy the process
  
• Make $1M in a single year from only areas where I truly enjoy the process
  

Minimalism

• Go a month without a computer
  
• Go a month without a smartphone
  
• Go a month without a phone
  
• Go a month without internet
  
• Go vegetarian for a month - September 8, 2022
  
• Go vegetarian for a year
  
• Go vegan for a month - September 8, 2022
  

Miscellaneous

• Take part in a silent meditation retreat
  
• Go skydiving - November 22, 2019
  
• Go skydiving from a hot air balloon
  
• Ride in a hot air balloon - September 5, 2020
  
• Go bungee jumping
  
• Play Dungeons and Dragons
• Perform a stand up comedy routine
• Attend a multi-week yoga retreat
• Go sailing
• Do some sort of traveling with a stranger
• Interview and/or collaborate with some of the people whose work has helped me over the years
• James Clear
• Ali Abdaal
• Matt D'Avella
• Derek Sivers
  

Creative

• Create my own board game
  
• Write a book
  
• Get a book published
  
• Start a podcast - June 2, 2020
  
• Release 50 episodes
  
• Release 100 episodes
  
• Get 5,000 listeners a month
  
• Get 50 reviews on iTunes
• Get 250 YouTube subscribers (for podcast) - December 28, 2021
• Get 500 YouTube subscribers (for podcast) - December 30, 2021
• Get 1,000 YouTube subscribers (for podcast) - January 4, 2022
• Get 2,500 YouTube subscribers (for podcast) - January 30, 2022
• Get 5,000 YouTube subscribers (for podcast) - June 8, 2022
• Get 10,000 YouTube subscribers (for podcast)
• Get 50,000 YouTube subscribers (for podcast)
• Get 100,000 YouTube subscribers (for podcast)
• Get 250,000 YouTube subscribers (for podcast)
• Get 500,000 YouTube subscribers (for podcast)
• Get 1,000,000 YouTube subscribers (for podcast)
  
• Start a blog - July 19, 2021
  
• Put out a writing every week for an entire year
• Get 50 subscribers - November 27, 2021
• Get 100 subscribers - December 18, 2022
• Get 250 subscribers -
• Get 500 subscribers -
• Get 1,000 subscribers -
• Get 2,500 subscribers
• Get 5,000 subscribers
• Get 10,000 subscribers
  
• Get 25,000 subscribers
  
• Get 50,000 subscribers
  
• Start a YouTube channel - April 6, 2021
• Release one video every week for six months
• Release one video every week for a year
  
• Release two videos every week for six months
  
• Release two videos every week for a year
  
• Get 250 YouTube subscribers - August 19, 2021
  
• Get 500 YouTube subscribers - November 12, 2021
  
• Get 1,000 YouTube subscribers - January 1, 2022
  
• Get 2,500 YouTube subscribers
  
• Get 5,000 YouTube subscribers
  
• Get 10,000 YouTube subscribers
• Get 50,000 YouTube subscribers
  
• Get 100,000 YouTube subscribers
  
• Get 250,000 YouTube subscribers
• Get 500,000 YouTube subscribers
  
• Get 1,000,000 YouTube subscribers
  
• Create my own published photo book
  
• Sell one of my photos in a large print
  
• Take part in a musical
  
• Have a leading part in a musical