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IMPOSSIBLE LIST

IMPOSSIBLE LIST

What’s up everyone!

This is not an ordinary bucket list. This is a bucket list on steroids. Everyone owns a standard bucket list but this list will push me to complete the extraordinary. I stumbled upon this idea from the original Impossible List by Joel Runyon and I too wanted to excel in a life of reaching the impossible. Join me in my quest to live an action filled life!

Last completed events

  • SUB 2 hr Half Marathon!!! 1:56:06 – Glass CIty Half Marathon  (April 2021)
  • Wedding to my beautiful bride! – March 2021
  • Miami (Viscaya Gardens, Little Havana, Wynwood, Coconut Grove, Downtown). (March 2021)
  • Yellowstone National Park (July 2020)
  • Grand Teton National Park (July 2020)
  • Mount Rushmore (July 2020)
  • Cascade Canyon Trail (July 2020)
  • Utah! (Zion national Park, Angels Landing, Mount Timpanogos, Park City and Salt Lake City) (June 2019)
  • Torreon, Mexico November 2019

Adrenaline Rushes

  • Go Skydiving!
  • Go Paragliding! (La Jolla, CA August 2017)
  • Go fountain jumping at Stanford University (July 2017)
  • Ride the Top Thrill Dragster, FRONT SEAT (July 2017)
  • Learn how to snowboard/ski
  • Learn to rock climb
  • Go bungee jumping
  • Ride in a hot air balloon
  • Go sailing in the ocean
  • Take helicopter lessons

Creative Goals

  • Record a rap song (Winter 2013)
  • Create a website (September 2016)
  • Make something out of wood
  • 3D print something (June 2017)
  • Start a youtube channel
  • Try calligraphy
  • Try rock climbing
  • Try fencing
  • Try a kick boxing class
  • Try a glassblowing class
  • Try Capoeira
  • Try Whirlyball

Events to Attend

  • Tokyo, Japan Olympics 2020
  • Winter Olympics
  • World Domination Summit
  • TEDx Anywhere (TedxNashville 2018 and TedxDetroit 2018)
  • Super Bowl (##)
  • Fifa World Cup
  • NBA Finals
  • Cincinnati Open (August 2018)
  • Miami Heat Game (March 2021)
  • Wimbledon
  • Roland Garros (French Open)
  • US Open Tennis
  • Australian Open
  • Attend WCX2017 SAE conference in Detroit, MI (April 6, 2017)
  • International Manufacturing Technology Show 2016 (September 2016)
  • Youmacon (2013)

Fitness Goals

  • Run a 5K (Color Run Ypsilanti 2010, Turkey Trot Toledo 2017)
  • Run a 10K
  • Run a Half Marathon  (Detroit Free Press Marathon October 2015)
    • Run a Sub 2 hour Marathon (1:56:06) – April 2021
  • Run a Full Marathon
  • Run a sub 7 mile (Currently 8:45)
  • Row 1000m in 2 mins (Currently 4:00)
  • Complete the St. Patrick’s Corktown race Dublin Double Results, Pictures
  • Complete the Mustache Dache
  • Complete a Warrior Dash
  • Complete a Spartan Race

Fun Goals

  • Try out Smarter Every Day’s backwards brain Bike challenge
  • Escape the room
  • Drive a tank
  • Ride a motorcycle
  • Jump on stage at a music festival
  • Drive a car on a racetrack
  • See DJ Khaled (September 2016)
  • Visit Budapest hot springs (June 2016)
  • Climb St Peters Church in Munic
  • Visit Casino Monte Carlo
  • Visit Monte Carlo pier

Habit Goals

  • Read 25 pages of non-fiction a day for 1 month  (January 2017)
  • Cold shower for 3 months (January to March 2017)
  • Wake up at 5am for a half year (June to December 2018)

Music Goals

  • Learn to play a song on the drums
  • Start a Band (and fail/learn from it) 
  • First concert!  (One Republic, July 2017)
  • 2nd concert! (Ed Sheeran, September 2018)
  • Learn to play a song on the Ukulele
  • Create a song on the Guitar
  • Create a song on the Piano

Professional/ Entrepreneurship Goals

  • Start a YouTube Channel
  • Start a business in the Philippines to empower the people of my country
  • Undergraduate Thesis (December 2017)
  • Completed Undergraduate degree (December 2017)
  • First full year of full-time professional work (January 2018 to 2019)
  • Start a Photography blog
  • Start the “productivity” project
  • Pay off all student loans
  • Write a book
  • Write a blog post
    • Get 1,000 Blog Visits
  • Join a BNI Group
  • Give a TED talk
  • Join Toastmasters and do 1 speech
  • Read 100,000 Books (Never stop learning)

Travel Goals

  • Visit all 50 US States (Need to visit more locations west of Chicago!)
    1. Michigan
    2. Indiana
    3. Florida
    4. California
    5. Ohio
    6. New York
    7. Delaware
    8. Pennsylvania
    9. Massachusetts
    10. Rhode Island
    11. Tennessee 
    12. Kentucky 
    13. Illinois
    14. Wyoming
    15. South Dakota
    16. Wisconsin
    17. Iowa
    18. Utah
  • Visit the Top 10 largest U.S. Cities
    1. New York, NY
    2. Los Angeles, CA(August 2017)
    3. Chicago, IL
    4. Houston, TX
    5. Philadelphia, PA(July 2015)
    6. Phoenix, AZ
    7. San Antonio, TX
    8. San Diego, CA (August 2017)
    9. Dallas, TX
    10. San Jose, CA
    • Visit Canada
      • Montreal
      • Quebec City
  • Visit Mexico
  • Visit Australia
  • Visit South America
  • Visit Africa
  • Visit Antarctica
  • Visit Europe
    • Germany
    • Monaco
    • France
    • Italy
    • Hungary
    • Austria
    • United Kingdom
    • Spain
    • Ukraine
    • Poland
    • Romania
    • Netherlands
  • TedxNashville (May 2018)
  • Fort Myers Trip (May 2018)
  • Cincinatti Open (saw Roger Federer play tennis) (August 2018)
  • Boston/Rhode Island Trip (August 2018)
  • Manchester U vs Liverpool – Big House (July 2018)
  • TedxDetroit 2018 (September 2018)
  • Impromptu Grand Rapids Trip (September 2018)
  • Ed Sheeran Concert (September 2018)
  • Sleeping Bear Dunes Climb – Traverse City, MI (October 2018)
  • Empire Bluffs – Empire, MI (October 2018)
  • Chicago Open House (October 12-13, 2018)
  • Visited Montreal and Quebec City (November 2018)
  • Montmorency Falls (November 2018)
  • Turkey Trot Toledo (Thanksgiving Day 2018)
  • Philippines Trip (January 2019)

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