My Impossible List

I found an old bucket list of mine in an old, dusty, diary I had written back in high school. In the 15 years since I graduated high school, had roughly 20 items on it and none of them have been checked off.

What a punch in the gut it was.

The teenager-me must’ve thought future-me would deal with it – that it would just happen.

And I think I started pretending to enjoy the kind of life I had …one I wasn’t actually all interested in having.

To fix that, I made my impossible list. Inspired by Thomas Frank and Joel Runyon, who created the world’s first impossible list, and defined the very important difference between the impossible list and the regular bucket list. 

I went crazy and let loose with the ‘What if money was not an issue’? and allowed myself to daydream and pour out everything onto this list.

In layman’s terms, an impossible list is ever-evolving and filled with things often considered ‘impossible’ even to ourselves. The impossible list evolves as we evolve, and challenges us on how we live. From flights of fancy to reality. It also helps me to take stock of my current state of life.

Rather than a list of hopeful wishes, the impossible list challenges me to do things I never thought I could do. And I publish it here for all to see to keep me accountable…

Alright then, challenge accepted. 

This is my list of deeply personal and impossible things…

Last update: May 2024

LIFE GOALS

  • Change a person’s life for the better
  • Be self-sufficient and location-independent

MONEY GOALS

  • Learn the basics of Crypto and NFT (what the heck are they?)
  • Save Invest first $100k
  • Make $1k/month from this blog

PROFESSIONAL BLOG GOALS

  • Launch themoneycherry.com (Sept 2023)
    • Get 100 blog visits, all time
    • Get 1,000 blog visits, all time
  • Publish 10 blog posts (Sept 2023)
    • Publish 25 blog posts
    • Publish 50 blog posts
    • publish 100 blog posts

Fitness/Health Goals

  • Be consistent in going to the gym 3x week
  • Do 20 consecutive squats
    • Squat 5 kgs (as of May 2023)
    • Squat 10 kgs (as of July 2023)
    • Squat 20 kgs (as of Feb 2024)
    • Squat 30 kgs
  • Participate in a bike race
  • Do 20 consecutive push-ups
  • Learn Kick-Boxing
  • Climb the CN Tower in 30 mins or less (Currently at 45 mins)

Travel Goals

  • Fly business class for an international flight 
  • Get a second citizenship/dual citizenship in another country
  • Live in an airport for a 24-hour challenge (Cancelled and I’m fine with that. I’ve accepted that I’m a tad too old for this.)
  • Fly in a hot-air balloon in Turkey
  • Visit Antarctica
  • Visit Italy
  • Visit Andoras
  • Visit 20 countries before 2030 2040
  • Assemble a crew to attend the Rickshaw Run
  • Road Trip across Canada and film about it

Events to Attend Goals

  • Mardi Gras
  • Carnival 
  • Tomato Fight
  • Bull Run
  • See the Northern Lights

Creative Goals

  • Self-publish a book
  • Produce a short-film
  • Achieve a film credit

Fun Goals

  • Learn to Surf (caught my first wave Nov 2023)
    • Be proficient in surfing
  • Get an M license 
  • Climb a mountain
  • Climb a volcano
  • Walk with wolves
  • Volunteer with a wildlife conservation project
  • Learn to fly a plane
  • Learn to Scuba Dive
  • Fluent in Cantonese
  • Fluent in French

Misc. Goals

  • Participate as an extra in a movie
  • Space Travel
  • Count and Document all my stuff
    • Marie Kondo all my crap

If you like the idea of an impossible list, I encourage you to do your own and to do so unapologetically – go write everything down without restraint or judgment. Check out the OG, Joel Runyon’s blog, and his impossible list for some ideas. =)