(Draft of) My Impossible List

So I was inspired by the "Blog of Impossible Things" to draft a list of my own. If you haven't checked it out, it's worth a read...

This is a slightly different take on a bucket list; some of these are things that I want to "check off", but others are just things that will be fun, that I want to make sure I make a priority at some point -- otherwise all those "someday" adventures might not happen! This is also a list that can be added to at any point; for example as I tick off some fitness or travel items, others will rise up to take their place.

The list below is very rough; I've really just begun to draft this... but I thought I'd go ahead and post it publicly to give myself incentive to refine and then start working towards ticking things off!

There is at least one category missing: "Life Goals"... this is a biggie, and I'm working on that separately (at least for now).

-Steve



Fitness Goals

• Run a 5k race
• Run 5 miles (Realized that this is really not important to me. I'm not a runner. Getting back in shape through climbing, HIT training, biking instead.)
• 100 consecutive push ups
• 50 consecutive pull ups
• Get back down to 170 lbs (177 as of 5/13/11) Done 7/2013
• Get back down to 165 lbs Done 10/2013
• Get a respectable six pack Getting there 11/2013
• Bench 225 lbs (again)
• Earn a second blackbelt
• Replace car with bike for routine errands (Summer 2013)

Travel Goals

• Visit Central America (Costa Rica, 1997-98)
• Visit Thailand (1999??)
• Spend a season in the Italian countryside
• Visit Ushuaia
• See the Southern Cross
• Spend a month in Asia
• Visit Australia & New Zealand
• Watch a soccer match in England
• See the running of the bulls
• 3-month US roadtrip with an RV/trailer
• Attend Octoberfest
• Spent 6 consecutive months outside of the US
• Visit Alaska
• Go on a cruise

Green Living Goals

• Ditch cable TV (Fall 2011, again Summer 2013)
• Rainwater capture for garden (Spring 2013)
• Solar power for home
• Grow 25% of veggies we use (did OK in 2013...)
• Grow almost all of the herbs we cook with
• Skip meat at least one day/week

Adventure Goals

• Sky Dive (2000?)
• Surf respectably, once (2005?)
• Go non-tandem skydiving
• Scuba a shipwreck
• Dive with sharks
• Dive with dolphins
• Learn to kitesurf
• Windsurf respectably, once
• Fly a paraglider
• Climb a mountain (TBD)
• Top-rope an ice climb
• Month+ canoe trip in Canada
• Backpack for 3 weeks
• Snowboarding trip (TBD)
• Climb in Hueco
• Fly fish
• Go snowshoing
• Go cross-country skiing
• Whale close-up

Rock Climbing Goals

• Redpoint Slash and Burn (5.12d -- The New)
• Re-redpoint The Trophy (5.12c -- Vegas)
• Redpoint Pet Shop Boys (5.12d -- Vegas)
• Redpoint a 5.13a
• Send Scary Monsters (v6 -- Joe’s)
• Send Midnight Lightning (v8? -- Yosemite)
• Climb El Cap
• Climb Half Dome -- any direct route
• Climb Epinepherine with Sydney

Random

• Become comfortable in 3 foreign languages
• Spanish
• Italian? Greek? Chinese?
• Build a house
• Create a piece of art
• Invent something patentable
• Take down a deer with bow & arrow

Professional / Financial Goals

• Start a business (2012)
• Sell a business
• Be a CEO (2012)
• Raise money for a business (2012)
• Sit on a board of directors (Realized that this is really not important to me.)
• $2M in liquid assets (Realized that this is really not important to me.)
• Mostly-passive income stream(s) covering our routine needs