The Impossible List

A few years ago I was scrolling through the College Info Geek website by Thomas Frank and stumbled upon something called the impossible list. Essentially it’s like a bucket list full of constantly evolving ‘impossible’ goals that he wanted to achieve during his life. I really liked that idea so I thought I’d make my own. The list has two simple rules:

  1. Once something has been added to the impossible list, it cannot be removed until it’s complete.

  2. Every item on the list must aid in the fundamental goal of pursuing progress (this includes goals that bring happiness and fulfilment)

Life Goals

  • Graduate with a Bachelor’s Degree (completed 2022)

  • Graduate with a Master’s Degree (completed 2023)

  • Graduate with a PhD

  • Fly in a Supermarine Spitfire

  • Visit every continent

    • Europe

    • North America

    • South America

    • Asia

    • Australasia

    • Antarctica

  • Watch a rocket launch in person

Fitness Goals

  • Run a 5km

    • Do it in less than 22m30s (January 30, 2024)

    • Do it in less than 20 minutes

  • Run a 10km

    • Do it in less than 50 minutes (March 22, 2024)

    • Do it in less than 45 minutes

  • Run a half marathon

    • Do it in less than 1hr45m (1:44:08 - May 26, 2024)

    • Do it in less than 1hr35m

  • Run a marathon

    • Do it in less than 3.5 hours

  • Run a 50km ultra-marathon

  • Finish an Ironman 70.3

  • Bench press 100kg (November 29, 2021)

    • 110kg (January 23, 2024)

    • 120kg

  • Squat 150kg (April 1, 2022)

    • 160kg

  • Deadlift 150kg (November 27, 2020)

    • 160kg (March 3, 2023)

    • 175kg

  • Do 20 pullups in a row

  • Do a muscleup

  • Maintain visible abs for at least 30 days

Professional Goals

  • Help launch a spacecraft to space

  • Upload 100 YouTube videos

  • Upload 52 YouTube videos in 52 weeks

  • Reach 100 subscribers on YouTube (October 23, 2020)

    • 500 subscribers (September 16, 2021)

    • 1,000 subscribers (September 6, 2022)

    • 5,000 subscribers

  • Get 10,000 site visitors on this website in a month

  • Get 500,000 site visits on this website in total

  • Publish a book that provides value to someone else

  • Earn the equivalent salary of my primary income source from secondary sources