The Impossible List
'What the flip-flop is this' I hear you ask? Well, let me explain...
Know what a bucket list is? Great, well throw that out the window because it's the total opposite of that. A bucket list is something you write half-arsed on the back of a piece of paper when you're feeling momentarily inspired, and then fail to look at again or do anything about.
The Impossible List however is full of dynamic, ever-changing challenges that continuously build upon themselves to help you reach your goals and push yourself to the next step. The idea originated with Joel Runyon but I became inspired of the one by Thomas Frank.
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I thought it was a really cool idea and wanted to do one myself. It's quite personal but I feel like sharing it will hold myself to account as well as hopefully inspire others (like you!) to start their own.
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If you want some tips to create your own list or if you can help me out with any of my goals, please do get in touch!
Most recently achieved
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Do a Europe trip (August 2023)
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Go to 20 different countries (August 2023)
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Party it up in Ibiza (July 2023)
Current focusses​​​
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Run a half-marathon
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Start a business
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Do 100 pushups in a row
Fitness
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Do 100 pushups in a row
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Complete the Mt Everest Challenge (November 2020)
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Do 10 pull-ups unsupported (January 2021)
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Run a 5km (September 2021)
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Run a 10km (September 2021)
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Run a half-marathon
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Squat 120kg (August 2020)
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Bench 90kg (December 2022)
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Bench 100kg​
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Do a handstand
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Play in a football game
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Play in a netball game (December 2019)
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Learn archery (November 2022)
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Learn fencing
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Swim 1km in under 18 minutes [17:48] (September 2022)
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Be able to bust a break dance move
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Learn to surf (January 2015)
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Stay on the board longer than 5 seconds​
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Play volleyball on Santa Monica beach​
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Achieve 5 football keepy-ups (March 2020)
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Achieve 10 football keepy-ups​ [current record: 16] (April 2020)
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Achieve 20 football keepy-ups
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Travel
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Go to Wizarding World of Harry Potter (August 2011)
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Go to Warner Bros. Studio Tour (July 2013)​
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Volunteer in an African community
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Travel to New York
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Do a Europe trip (May - August 2023)
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Do a Southeast Asia trip
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Climb Mount Kosciuzsko [highest point in Australia] (April 2022)
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Party it up in Ibiza (July 2023)
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Drive Route 66 in a convertible
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Visit all the states of Australia [completed 4/8]
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Fly in a helicopter
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Go on a road trip in a VW van
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Participate in the Rickshaw Run across India
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Float up in a hot air balloon
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Go to 10 different countries (October 2022) - see interactive map below
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Go to 20 different countries​ (August 2023)
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Go to 50 different countries [24/50 complete]
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​Travel to Cathy's Corner on Mt Hollywood Drive
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Move to another country without a plan (August 2021)
Professional
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Complete high school with NCEA Level 3 (November 2015)
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Graduate university with 2 degrees
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Do it in 4 years (November 2019)
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Pay off student loan [NZD $53,559.94 remaining... yes really]
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Start a business
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Create a significant positive change in the world
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Model for a photoshoot and get paid for it (November 2016)
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Ride around on a mobility scooter and get paid for it (January 2017)
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Type faster than 60 WPM [current: 79 WPM] (July 2022)
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Make AUD $10k gross in a month (October 2022)
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Write and publish a book
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Skills​
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Start a podcast
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Start a personal website (June 2018)
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Start a YouTube channel (May 2013)
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Memorise the exact order of a shuffled deck of cards (November 2018)
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Name all 50 states of America​​ (August 2018)
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Name all 197 countries in the world and their locations (July 2018)
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In under 10 minutes [current record 5:17] (August 2018)
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Identify their flags [current record 5:14]​ (November 2018)
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Identify their capital cities [current record 6:49] (May 2019)
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Become fluent in Spanish
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Read one book a month for at least a year
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Memorise 100 digits of Pi in a day [completed 2.5 hours] (May 2020)
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Write 10 film reviews​ for it (4/10)
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Ride a skateboard (March 2020)
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Juggle 3 balls (January 2020)
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Be able to ice-skate confidently
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Pass and hold a full drivers licence (August 2015)
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Achieve a 100-day unbroken streak on Wordle [got to 171] (July 2022)
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Complete a sexaginta-quattuordle [64 Wordles at once] (July 2022)
Creative​
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Upload 3 covers to YouTube [2/3 complete]
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Write and direct a film
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Play to a Grade 1 standard on the alto saxophone (December 2010)
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Create the "Yes" video that I wrote in 2014
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Rap Alphabet Aerobics by Blackalicious (August 2015)
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Create a photography portfolio
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Perform in a stage musical [performed in 2] (August 2014)
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Appear as an extra in a film or TV series
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Play the intro to Piano Man by Billy Joel on the harmonica (April 2018)
Events​
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Music festival [attended 5] (December 2020)​
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Tomorrowland
- Glastonbury
- Sziget (August 2023)
- Rhythm and Vines (January 2021)
- Coachella
- Burning Man
- Tough Mudder
- Summer Olympics game
- Winter Olympics game
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Major film premiere [Bullet Train] (August 2022)
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Now with the red carpet and stars
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5 concerts (November 2020)
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10 concerts​ (July 2023)​
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Fun​
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Run up an escalator in the wrong direction (October 2022)
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Have a Bublé bath (June 2020)
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Own a home cocktail bar
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Attempt a successful Guinness World Record (September 2021)
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Do a skydive
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Jump off the Sky Tower (August 2021)
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Ride a segway scooter (July 2013)
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Rock up to the high-school ball in an ice-cream van (September 2014)
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Meet David Tennant (my childhood star)
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Watch 500 different films (January 2020)​​
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Watch 750 different films (February 2023)
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Watch 1,000 different films
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Unlock a door with a credit card (March 2017)
