We choose to go to the Moon. We choose to go to the Moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard; because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone… And, therefore, as we set sail we ask God’s blessing on the most hazardous and dangerous and greatest adventure on which man has ever embarked.
— John F. Kennedy1
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The impossible list traces its origins to its creator, Joel Runyon. It’s essentially an aspirational catalog of personal challenges, goals, and experiences that push the boundaries of what an individual believes they can achieve.
The impossible list is not a bucket list, but very is similar to one. The bucket list has this stigma attached to it which is that if the creator of it does not complete it, they have “failed” themselves. I would not like to self impose this pressure onto myself, but have a dynamic long-term roadmap for myself, that changes and evolves along with me.
I will attempt to update this list regularly, in the case where I complete something or have something to add, with the later being most likely.
😃 Life Goals
- Read 100 books
- Improve a person’s life
- Give a TEDx Talk
- Give a lecture at a scientific/professional conference
- Give a lecture at a university
- Complete my Reading List
- Complete my TV/Movies Watch List
🏋️ Fitness/Health Goals
- Do 100 push-ups in a single set
- Do 20 pull-ups in a single set
- Work out 5 days a week regularly
💼 Professional Goals
- Work Remotely
Work at the Magnificent Seven (aka Big Tech) (June 24, 2024 - NVIDIA)Work at a startup (June 19, 2023 - DeepWater Exploration)- Found a startup
- Start a newsletter/YouTube channel
- Gain 100 subscribers
- Gain 250 subscribers
- Gain 500 subscribers
- Gain 1,000 subscribers
- Write a book
- Write 100 blog posts
🎨 Creative Goals
Write a script for a movie/short film (Jan 5, 2022 - A Reminiscent Gift)- Work in a movie/short film as a film editor
- Direct a movie/short film
📚 Intellectual Goals
- Learn to play the guitar/piano
- Learn a foreign language
- Learn a martial art
- Learn another language
- Learn Quantum Mechanics
- Learn Quantum Computing
- Write/Coauthor a scientific paper
If you are someone who can help me make one of these a reality, please get in touch with me. I would love to hear from you.
Footnotes
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The above quote is excerpted from former President John F. Kennedy’s Address at Rice University on the Nation’s Space Effort, on September 12, 1962 ↩