Impossible
I got this idea from Thomas Frank, who got the idea from Joel Runyon, who created the world’s first impossible list, which is “more than just a bucket list”. The impossible list is a continually-evolving list of experiences that build upon each other, help others as well as yourself, and encourage you to take action.
Think about what your true life goals are, and constantly evaluate your progress towards them. In other words, be mindful of your path.
Current Focuses:
Right now my main focus is on creating new videos, especially the Cessna 172 Project.
Last 5 Completed Goals:
- Play one trumpet song during a live stream
- Make the site something I’m proud of.
- Get accepted into the CSU Venture Validator
- Gain 5,000 subscribers
- Form an LLC and actually be a professional company that does business things and whatnot
Life Goals
Graduate College with an Aerospace Engineer Degree and/or a Mechanical Engineering Degree
Be self-sufficient
Have a home and workshop
Write an Autobiography (If nothing else, I might have some funny stories!)
Fitness/Health Goals
Do a backflip
Professional Goals
Get 10,000 listens in a month
Get 50 reviews on iTunes
Self-publish a book
Gain 10,000 subscribers
Gain 50,000 subscribers
Gain 100,000 subscribers and earn the silver Play Button
Gain 1 million subscribers and earn the gold Play Button
Have a few super high-production “TV” episodes on my YouTube Channel
Create an online course
Give a talk for more than 500 people
Give an Ignite Talk
Give a TEDx Talk
Full Cessna 172 Simulator
Aviation Goals:
I want to make my own Flight Simulator Software
Speak at the Flight Simulator Expo
Fly a Class D Full Motion Flight Simulator
Fly in a Fighter Jet
Fly in a P-51
Tour the Boeing Factory
Have a podcast episode with an Airline Pilot
Talk to Sully
Have an interview with Mentour Pilot!
Start Pilot Training
Solo in an Airplane
Pass my Pilot’s License Knowledge Test
Get my Private Pilot License
Get my CFI
Help develop MobiFlight (If you have the skills, you should too!)
Get my A&P Certificate
I want to own a small private aircraft (Guess which one lol)
I want to have flown in a flying car, or even own one 🙂
Decrease friction areas of flight simulation including cost, space, time, and knowledge
Write a book about Simulators
Habit Goals
Do a morning workout 100 days in a row – Skill: Fitness
Read 25 pages a day for three months in a row
Creative Goals
Record and release an original song with lyrics
Learn a really pretty song on the trumpet
Skill Goals
Remove an engine from a car and completely disassemble it, then reassemble it, put it back, and turn it on
Become a competent skateboarder
Learn to snowboard
Ski a [double?] black diamond run
Fun and/or “Insane” Goals
Skydive
Become a certified solo skydiver
Bungee jump
Zero-G flight
Climb a 14er
Take a trapeze class
Be on TV
Break a world record (July 11, 2014)
Events to Attend
AirVenture
Travel Goals
Travel outside the USA
Go Surfing
“A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.”
– Robert Heinlein
If you found this list inspiring, I’d challenge you to create your own!