The Impossible List is an ever-evolving list of experiences that build upon each other and inspire you to take action in life; to create new experiences.
I got the idea from Thomas Frank, who got his idea from Joel Runyon, who created the world’s first impossible list and defined the difference between it & a regular bucket list.
This is my impossible list, which is, of course, ever-evolving.
Yearly Misogi
2021: Cycle outdoors 100 days in a row
2022: Run 13.1 miles
2023: DOUBLE IT run 26.2 miles
Last 5 Completed Goals
5K 31 days in a row (May 2023)
Max out Roth IRA 2023 (April 2023)
Run 500 miles in 1 year (2022)
1 mile a day for 365 days (February 2023)
Post 100 blogs (September 2022)
Health
Diet
Successfully cut out meat and dairy from my diet (Summer 2017)
Learn how to cook plant-based meals (September 2017)
Create an original recipe (September 2017)
Eat only fruit for a week (February 2019)
Retreats
3 Day Silent Retreat (May 2020)
7 Day Silent Retreat
Skills (5/10)
Stress Management (2022)
Accessing Information (2018)
Practicing Healthful Behaviors (2019)
Analyzing Influences
Communication Skills
Refusal Skills
Conflict Resolution
Decision Making (2020)
Goal Setting (2021)
Advocacy
Physical Fitness
Pull-ups
5 strict pull-ups in a row (July 2018)
10 strict pull-ups in a row
1 strict muscle up
Push-ups
20 clean push-ups (May 2018)
50 clean push-ups
Do 10 push-ups everyday for a year
Headstands / Handstands
Headstand press (April 2020)
Handstand press
Hold a handstand for 10 seconds (February 2019)
1 minute handstand
Squats
Squat my bodyweight
Dips
10 strict dips on dip-bars (June 2018)
20 strict dips on dip-bars / straight bar
Biking
Bike outside 7 days in a row (April 2021)
Learn how to ride a bike without using handlebars (May 2021)
2021 Misogi: Cycle outside 100 days in a row (July 2021)
Flexibility / Mobility
Split (both sides)
Straddle
Pancake
Mental Fitness
Distance Running
13.1 miles (March 2022)
26.2 miles
50 miles
100 miles
Outdoor Miles
5K (June 2019)
5K 31 days in a row (May 2023)
1 mile a day for 7 days (November 2021)
Run 500 miles in 1 year (2022)
1 mile a day for 365 days (February 2023)
Complete 75 Hard (December 2019)
Complete Live Hard Program
Alcohol
Go 75 days without alcohol (December 2019)
Go 100 days without alcohol (April 2021)
Go 365 days without alcohol (January 1 2021-January 1, 2022)
Go 2 years without alcohol
Weed
Go 80 days without smoking weed (July-September 2020)
Go 100 days without smoking weed
Coffee
Go 1 month without coffee
Personal Finance
Credit Cards / Credit Score
Pay off all credit card debt (August 2019)
800 credit score (January 2020)
Maintain 800 credit score (on-going)
Work Experience
Secure high-paying job with opportunity for management experience (October 2021 – Present)
2 years of documented work experience (Oct 2021-Present)
Qualify for FHA bank loan
Cash Reserve
$20k cash reserve (6 months of expenses + yearly fees) (June 2022)
Maintain / replenish $20k cash reserve (on-going)
Net Worth
1,500,000 net worth
Roth IRA
Max out Roth IRA ($6k) every year for the next 10 years (4/10) (2020-2030)
2020
2021
2022
2023
Travel Fund
$20k travel fund
Real Estate
PA Real Estate License (June 2017)
Complete Fortune Builders curriculum (December 2016)
Purchase, fix, and resell a single family property (February 2019)
Generate $500k to roll into rentals
Rentals
10 units (2/10)
10 paid off units (2/10)
Become an Airbnb Superhost (January 2022)
Personal
Romance
Maintain a loving, passionate, and happy relationship with my amazing boyfriend Joe (7 years and counting)
Blog
Post 1 blog / week for one year (52) on personal website (July 2021)
Post 100 blogs (September 2022)
Post 365 blogs
Books
Read 1,000 self-improvement books (45/1,000) doesn’t include rereads 🙂
Creative
Sew something I can wear (April 2014)
Take a painting class (January 2015)
Start a blog (August 2020) – you’re looking at it!
Design a website (October 2020)
Make a homemade gift (December 2020)
Author a plant-based cookbook
Make a mixtape
Write a song
Blow glass
Work on a pottery wheel
Create a piece of art and sell it
Create my own personal stationary
Knit a scarf
Create a calendar with my own photos
Make a candle
Make a font out of my handwriting
Make a tie dye shirt
Make an origami animal
Refinish a piece of furniture
Adventure / Travel
Ride a zip line (April 2016)
Wrap a snake around my neck (July 2016)
Feed a giraffe (September 2016)
Swim with stingrays (September 2019)
Catch a wave surfing (September 2020)
Hug a redwood (July 2020)
Learn how to snowboard (January 2021)
Road trip across America (April-September 2020)
Swim with a wild school of fish (September 2020)
Crew for an Ultrarunner
- 100 mile race (January 2022)
- 200 mile race (October 2022)
Visit all National Forests in the USA ( /154)
Visit all National Parks in the USA ( /63)
Visit Puerto Rico
Trip to Maui
Swim with dolphins
Travel through Europe
Sail around Europe
Backpack Thailand
Explore a cave
Hold a shark
Ride ATVs
Snorkel in the ocean
Complete a horse jumping obstacle
Hold a monkey
Take a rain bath
Relax in a natural spring
Release baby turtles into the ocean
See a coral reef
Sleep in a yurt
Swim with wild sea turtles
Swim with manatees
Walk on a black sand beach
Watch the sunrise and sunset in one day
Go whale watching
Visit all 50 states
If this inspires you, I encourage you to make your own Impossible List! It’s been super powerful for me and I’m just getting started 🙂
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