The Impossible List
Ever since I watched the movie The Bucket List starring two outstanding actors, Morgan Freeman and Jack Nicholson, the concept has taken hold deeply in my heart. As a 19-year-old, the movie taught me that life was frightfully finite.
But the bucket list idea is sometimes limiting. By embarking on an endless quest, I want to challenge myself every day in different aspects of my life. In this way, I can try to become a better version of myself and look back and see how far I have come. This is not a way of bragging. It is a means to keep my fire alive, for as long as I am alive and always remain a work in progress.
I got this idea from the impossible list of Thomas Frank who got the idea from Joel Runyon. If this list inspires you then take this idea forward, make your own impossible list, and spread the word.
Current Focuses:
Reduce weight to 100kg
Life Goals
Be healthy and maintain BMI
Be in a profession which I love
Make my parents proud
Build a small, happy world with my partner
Fitness/Health Goals
Reduce BMI to 20.0
Complete a 100km ride on cycle
Professional Goals
Complete CFA L1
Complete CFA L2
Complete CFA L3
Get CFA Charter
Complete FRM part I
Complete FRM part II
Get FRM Charter
Get into a PhD program at INSEAD
Habit Goals
Read almost every day for 30 daysRead almost every day for 3 monthsRead almost every day for 6 monthsRead almost every day for a year
Creative Goals
Learn figure drawing
Learn drums. Play and record a full song
Learn bass. Play and record a full song
Publish a Novel
Publish a Poetry book
Publish a non-fiction book
Skill Goals
Become proficient in Python
Learn computer network and security
Learn Linux
Learn an assembly language
Learn basic SQL
Fun and/or “Insane” Goals
Paragliding
Skydiving
Events to Attend
Opeth live concert
Slipknot live concert
Consumer Electronics Show (CES)
Dota 2 International
Video Game Goals
Reach Legend rank in Dota 2
Reach Ancient rank on Dota 2
Reach Divine rank in Dota 2
Travel Goals
Mechuka, Arunachal Pradesh
Parashar Lake, Himachal Pradesh
Paris, France
Base camp, Mount Everest
Isha Foundation, Coimbatore
Kanyakumari
Yakutsk, Russia
GlampEco, Manali
Kerepakupai Merú, Venezuela
Dubai Frame, Dubai
Aurora Borealis
Haleakalā, or the East Maui Volcano, Maui
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