What compass steers the ship of your life after you have finished that degree and landed that job? I have long wanted to jot down the things I want to do life. This impossible list is my way of doing just that.

Taking a cue from the brilliant Thomas Frank, I created this Impossible List.

Here, I jot down the sane and insane things I want to do in life, because life’s more than just that daily grind. How’s it different from your regular old bucket list, you ask?

Well, a bucket list doesn’t exactly give you a kick in the pants to get started right away. It’s more of a vague collection of things you’d like to do sometime in the distant future. The Impossible List, on the other hand, is the real deal. It requires a plan and immediate action. Plus, it’s an ever-evolving list! When I tick something off, you bet I’ll replace it with something even more audacious.

This list is quite personal but I keep it here to keep myself accountable and motivate others to create one of their own!

Previously completed goals:

  • Run 2K no stop
  • Cook a meal from scratch
  • Do a sunrise trek
  • Learn how to swim!
  • Get over gym anxiety and start going to the gym

Fitness/Health Goals:

  • Run a 5K
    • Run a 2K (10-08-2022)
  • Swim Butterfly Stroke
    • Learn how to swim (12-07-2023)
  • Follow a gym plan for 4 weeks
    • Get over gym anxiety
  • Do at least one trek per quarter for Year 2024
  • Trek Kumara Parvatha, Coorg (among the most challenging treks in the Western Ghats of Karnataka)

Skill Goals

  • Learn Kannada (Hold at least 2-3 minute conversation with a local)
  • Create a three course meal and throw a dinner party for my friends
    • Cook a meal from scratch
  • Learn Human Anatomy and use it to improve my figure drawing
  • Learn how to paint in Oils

Insane Goals

  • Trek to Mt Everest base camp
  • Do an exhibition of my on Art
  • Learn how to surf
  • Bike on my Honda CB350 from Bengaluru to Goa
  • Climb a mountain
  • Swim in open waters (Lake/River/Sea)

Travel Goals

  • Visit Coffee estates in India
  • Visit Florence
  • Visit Landour and meet Ruskin Bond
  • Visit Japan