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My Impossible List

Everyone needs something to aim for

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Inspired by this post http://impossiblehq.com/impossible-list

Last updated: March 30, 2024

Family

  • Take my mom to Paris, France.
  • Fly my whole extended family to an exotic location for a vacation.

Fitness

  • Run a mile under:
    • 7 mins
      • January 10, 2014
    • 6.5 mins
    • 6 mins
  • Run a 5k
    • October 6, 2012
  • Run a Half Marathon
    • November 18, 2012
  • Run a Marathon
    • April 7, 2013 - Covenant Health Knoxville Marathon 6:00:08
    • October 28, 2023 - Run Nashville Marathon 4:04:23
    • December 2, 2023 - St. Jude Marathon Memphis 3:52:50
  • Deadlift
    • 200lb
      • February 25, 2014
    • 250lb
      • March 14, 2024
    • 300lb
  • Bench Press
    • 200lb
      • February 25, 2014
    • 225lb
    • 250lb
  • Squat
    • 200lb
      • February 25, 2014
    • 250lb
    • 300lb
  • Planking
    • 2 minutes
      • January 25, 2014
    • 3 minutes
      • January 25, 2014
    • 4 minutes
    • 5 minutes
  • Consecutive Pullups:
    • 25
    • 30
    • 40
  • Consecutive Pushups
    • 50
    • 65
    • 80

Travel

  • Visit Every Continent:
    • North America [Born here]
    • South America
    • Europe
      • August 4, 2019
    • Asia
      • March 30, 2018
    • Australia
    • Africa
    • Antarctica
  • Travel for a year straight
  • Live on a beach for a month
  • Do a cross country road trip
  • Take a great picture in all 50 states
  • Visit Vietnam
  • See the Seven Wonders of the World + Some Others
    • Stonehenge
    • Colosseum
      • August 2, 2019
    • Catacombs of Kom El Shoqafa
    • Great Wall of China
      • April 1, 2018
    • Porcelain Tower of Nanjing
    • Hagia Sophia
    • Learning Tower of Pisa
    • Taj Mahal
    • Eiffel Tower
      • July 24, 2019
  • Visit these cities:
    • Las Vegas
      • September 1, 2012
    • New York
      • February 17, 2017
    • Los Angeles
      • March 10, 2017
    • San Francisco
    • Chicago
      • March 29, 2018
    • Miami
      • January 31, 2019
    • Seattle
      • December 6, 2018
    • Boston
    • Washington D.C.
    • Houston
    • Austin
      • June 13, 2022
    • Philadelphia

Adrenaline Rushes/Misc.

  • Build a badass PC
  • Go skydiving
  • Go bungee jumping
  • Go base jumping
  • Go scuba diving
    • March 21, 2022
  • Go to space
  • Poker:
    • Have $10,000 in chips at the poker table
      • November 11, 2013
    • Have $50,000 in chips at the poker table
  • Give a TED talk
  • Write a book

Renaissance Man

  • Learn to dance
    • C-walking
      • January 1, 2006
    • Learn to breakdance
      • January 1, 2008
    • Learn to tango
  • Learn photography
    • Learn Lightroom
      • February 1, 2014
    • Learn Photoshop
    • Do an amateur photoshoot
      • March 27, 2014
    • Do a professional photoshoot
    • Photoshoot with someone famous
  • Learn videography
    • Make a good short video
  • Learn to play tennis
    • July 1, 2012
  • Learn to surf
  • Learn to golf
  • Learn to do spoken word poetry
  • Learn to rap
  • Learn to paint

Events To Attend

  • J.Cole’s concert
    • October 4, 2013
  • Drake’s concert
  • Kendrick Lamar’s concert
    • August 30, 2017
  • Kevin Hart Stand up Comedy
    • @Oct 21, 2022
  • EDC
    • June 21, 2013
    • June 17, 2016
  • TEDx Event
    • February 22, 2014
  • Official TED talk
  • Burning Man
  • Running of the Bulls
  • See the Northern Lights and time lapse film of it
  • Coachella
  • Bonnaroo
  • SXSW
  • Lollapalooza
  • Mardi Gras

Become Fluent in 3 Languages

  • English
  • Spanish
  • Vietnamese
  • Mandarin
  • French

Finance

  • Put $X in the bank.
    • 100,000
      • August 31, 2023
    • 1,000,000
    • 10,000,000