Everyone has a list of goals, but many of us tend to consider what is “realistic” or “safe”, not realising that often easy goals take just as much effort as difficult ones.
If I wound my life back 15 years, I could have never dreamed of the life that I have today. It would have seemed impossible.
Joel Runyon coined the concept of having an “impossible list”. This isn’t a bucket list full of things that don’t really matter and with many of them never to get done. This is an evolving, growing list of things I genuinely want to make happen.
That said, in the past I’ve made the mistake of trying to do too many things at once, so things on this list may not happen soon.
Similarly, it is not a short focus list. I use my now page for that.
More importantly for me, this is an opportunity to look back on the amazing things that I have done, and that I tend to forget easily. When I aim to level up after each goal I often feel as though I’ve never achieved anything.
This list is also “minimalist trophy” for me to be able to remind myself I’ve led a rich life, and that I should tell a story for each of these moments.
Adventures
Climb on a glacierGo snorkellingin the Caribbeanin the South China Sea (Perhentian Islands)
- Cycle tour, self assisted for a:
- weekend
- week
- Drive around the world
- Go on a road trip through Europe
Hike the Heaphy Track in NZHike the Kepler Track in NZHike the Routeburn Track in NZHike the Milford Track in NZ- Hike the GRP around Andorra
Ride to the top of Whistler mountain, camp there for the night, don’t get any sleep because I packed the wrong camping gear, get up at 5am, watch the sun rise and ride a trail that was not open to the public yetParty at the Horstman Hut after the Blackcomb mountain lifts are shut until early in the morning then snowboard out to the village under the full moonVisit the Porsche Museum
Business & Career
Get the job everyone told me I couldn’t get without a degree4 years earlier and with $20k less student debt than everyone who told me it wouldn’t happen
Make a location independent living from a laptop and an internet connection (through SEO consulting)Earn $1k per month from a rank and rent websiteStart a mountain biking businessSell a websiteBuild a marketing agency and make a healthy 6 figuresThen kill it because it’s a terrible business model
Build a boutique asset management company that invests in digital assetsBuild a productized SEO service:with $5k monthly revenue
with $10k monthly revenuewith $25k monthly revenue
- that no longer requires my time outside of vision and marketing
- Grow this blog to 50k organic users per month
Life
- Become a dual citizen
Learn to travel for more than a month with carry on onlyLive in Andorra- Live in South East Asia
Live in Whistler, BC
Fitness & Sport
- Bench 75kg 3×10
- Deadlift 125kg for 4×5
- Squat 100kg for 4×5
- Learn how to roll out of handstands gracefully
- Learn how to ski well
Get lean enough to have a visible six packLearn how to snowboard wellLearn how to headstandDo a backflip on a bike into a foam pitGo mountain biking in Whistler, BCsend the largest drop in the Joyride Jump Park
Go mountain biking in Queenstown, NZRun the Skyrace Arinsal (15km, 1415m +/-)
Personal Finance
- Build an investment portfolio to cover:
our rentour fixed expenses- our discretionary expenses
- Build a “digital asset” portfolio that:
covers our discretionary expenses- covers our dream expenses
Hobbies
- Rebuild or restomod a car
- Race that car
- Build a campervan for some great family adventures
Learn Languages
- Catalan
- Italian
- Spanish
I don’t need to be perfectly fluent in any of these, but I do want a solid conversational proficiency in them.