Impossible List

This is my Impossible List. The concept was created by Joel Runyon. Its not a simple bucket list. Instead it is a list to drive me to do new and better things. The items on my list may not seem impossible to many people. They may indeed be things that many of you have already done. So, strictly speaking, they are not impossible. However, they are things that at this moment in time seem to be out of my reach. If I have learnt anything through my life so far though, there is nothing that is impossible, just things that haven’t been done yet. To me, those are the things worth aiming for.

The difference between the possible and the impossible is a person’s determination

Travel

  • Visit every continent
    • North America
    • South America
    • Mainland Europe
    • Asia
    • Australia
    • Africa
    • Antarctica
  • Visit 20 Countries (currently 16)
  • Visit 50 Countries
  • Visit 100 Countries
  • Visit 150 Countries
  • Spend a month in a different country
  • Speak another language fluently
  • Find a geocache in every county in the UK
  • Tour America or Canada on a motorbike
  • See the curvature of The Earth from space
  • See the Northern Lights – 10th May 2024  in UK
  • See the Milky Way

Health & Sport

  • Complete a 50 mile cycle ride
  • Running
    • Complete a 1 mile run
    • Complete a 5k run
    • Complete a 10k run
    • Complete a sub 30 minute 5k
    • Complete a sub 25 minute 5k
    • Run a 7 minute mile
  • Do 200 situps
  • Drop my body fat % to less than 25%
  • Golf
    • Get an official handicap
    • Play a round less than 20 over par
    • Achieve a sub-20 handicap
    • Drive further than 250yds
    • Hole in one

Environmental Footprint

  • Carbon footprint
    • Reduce carbon footprint to 10t / year
    • Reduce carbon footprint to 8t / year
  • Send no waste to landfill for a month
  • Go without a car for a month

Renaissance Man

  • Become a good enough photographer that a stranger will buy a print
  • Write and publish a non-fiction book
  • DJ for a live audience
  • DJ for a live audience > 100
  • Sell a track that I have produced
  • Learn to fly a plane
  • Start a podcast
  • Produce a video that gets >100 views
  • Get my motorbike licence

Wealth

  • Own a house outright
  • Be self sustaining for a month

I will be adding to this list and modify it over time and will update on the status of each as I can