I’ve always thought about listing the stuff I’d like to do in my life. I think I’ve had a plain old bucket list in the form of a Notepad Text Note ever since I was in school.
However, I never got around to anything on the list. The list would just passively lie there on the hard drive of my laptop. I was too lazy to take action.
To fix that, I’ve created 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 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. This is mine, which is, of course, ever-evolving.
Fitness Goals
Running
Run a 5K (27 Sep, 2015 • 30:03 time)
Do it in less than 20 minutes
Run barefoot
Run a 10K
Run 1 KM in less than 4 mins (5 Jan, 2016)
Do it in less than 3 minutes
Callisthenics
Plank 60s (5 Sep, 2016)
Plank 120s
Squat 30 [current: 17]
Frog Stand 30s [current: 2s]
Leg Raises 200 [current:102]
Do 100 push-ups in a single set [current: 11]
Do 100 pull-ups in a single set [current: 2]
Other
Complete a Triathlon
Climb a 3 meter rope using hands only
Eliminate all micro-plastic sources in home
Completely clear up my complexion (drink >6 glasses of water/day, and eat no sugar and oil)
Travel Goals
Visit at least one place each in North, West, East and South India (5 Jul, 2015)
Explore all food joints in Delhi [142 / ?]
Visit every state in North India [8/11]
Visit every state in India [16/30]
Travel for 1 year straight
Visit every country in Asia [3/48]
Visit every country in the world [3/195]
Visit every continent (North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Australia, Africa, Antarctica (and do something ridiculous here) [1/7]
Travel without (or minimal) money and make a film about it
Sikhism
Visit the Golden Temple 30 times [14/30]
Donate Langar or put up a stall [45]
Visit all historic Gurudwaras [31/?]
Visit 5 Gurudwaras outside India
Attend a silent retreat (Vipassana or similar)
Mountains
Visit a mountain pass (Nathu La Pass, Sikkim – 2013)
Sleep in a tent (Kheerganga)
Complete 5 treks
Triund (30 May, 2017)
Kheerganga (25 Jun, 2017)
Valley Of Flowers
Hampta Pass
Chadar
Visit 10 hill stations
Shimla (Multiple times)
Ooty
Rishikesh (Multiple times)
Nainital (Jun 2018)
Operate the highest altitude ATM in the world (Sikkim)
Beaches
Stay in a hostel while on travel (Goa – 13 Oct, 2016)