Impossible List

An Impossible List isn’t a bucket list. It’s a living catalogue of experiences, challenges, and contributions that expands and develops as I do. Aspirations that might be dismissed as “impossible” by many. Instead of passively collecting dreams for someday in the future, this list asks: what would I try to achieve if there were no constraints?

Think of it more like a menu. A menu invites choice, return visits, and re-ordering; a list implies completion. An Impossible List is deliberately never finished. That’s the whole idea. It grows as capacity grows, re-imagining distant, lifetime ambitions as present-day action.

Most people overestimate what they can do in a day and underestimate what they can do in a year. This framework closes that gap. It pulls seemingly impossible goals forward from a vague future into a concrete timeline, replaces static dreaming with motion, and shifts the focus from destinations to the path itself. This is not a list of things to accomplish before I die, but rather, an ever-evolving, perpetually incomplete story about how I want to live.

Current Menu

Six Month Goals
  • Reach B2 level proficiency in Japanese (June 2026)
  • Run an ultra trail marathon (June 2026)
  • Surf overseas (June 2026)
  • Complete a 10-day Vipassana retreat (March 2026)
  • Walk the Ise-Ji (March 2026)
  • Walk the Hagi Okan (March 2026)
  • Walk the Kiso-Ji (March 2026)
  • Read 12 books (June 2026)
  • Publish 150 blog posts (June 2026)
  • Fund a project through Kiva (February 2026)
  • Build a five-person team at Acuity (April 2026)
  • Complete a volunteering homestay overseas (June 2026)
One Year Goals
  • Walk the Camino de Santiago (August 2026)
  • Reach B2 level proficiency in Spanish (October 2026)
  • Run a sub-3hr marathon (August 2026)
  • Make 75k+ business profit pre-tax (November 2026)
  • Start a second business (December 2026)
  • Raise $3000 for charity (November 2026)
  • Learn Salsa to an intermediate level (August 2026)
  • Read 24 books (December 2026)
  • Complete a clean one-arm pushup (September 2026)
  • Work in the UK (October 2026)

Future Aspirations

  • Race the UTMB Mont Blanc World Major
  • Present for an audience as a guest speaker
  • Write a book
  • Publish academic research in a reputable journal
  • Dunk a basketball on a 10ft rim
  • Teach a meditation class

Completed Goals

Coming soon…