In planning for Scale My Life 2.0 I came across the concept of an “impossible list,” which was developed Joel Runyon from impossiblehq.com and expanded on by the inspiring and motivating Thomas Frank of collegeinfogeek.com.

The concept is much like a bucket list but instead of a list of things to hopefully do one day before you die, the impossible list is a vision that you build to take action in your life right now.

By listing off all the things you’ve always wanted to do or always hoped you could do you can easily cherry pick what goals you’ll want to attack now and slowly bring your impossible goals down to the realm of possibility.

Muhammad Ali once said:

“Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they’ve been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It’s an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It’s a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.”

So I dare all of you to seize your potential and go build your impossible life.

List of last 12 Completed Goals:

List of current impossible Goals:

Fitness/Health Goals

Professional Goals

  • Start a business in a month
  • Get 100,000 blog visits, all time
  • Grow the SML newsletter to 5,000 subscribers
  • Write 25,000 words in a month
  • Get an article published on a blog with over 100,000 monthly followers
  • Start a podcast
  • Self-publish a book
  • Launch a regular YouTube show
    • Gain 250 YouTube subscribers
  • Do a collab video with another dedicated YouTuber
  • Launch a product that creates over $15,000 in revenue within one month
  • Speak at a university for more than 500 students
  • Give an Ignite Talk
  • Give a TEDx Talk
  • Give a SXSW Talk
  • Make $10,000 in a month
  • Pay off all $31,413.70 of personal debt
  • Do a daily Instagram/Snapchat vlog
  • Run a crowdfunding campaign
  • Meet my heroes: Seth Goden, Tim Ferriss, Gary Vee, Thomas Frank, Casey Neistat
  • Hire a videographer to document my journey

Habit Goals

Creative Goals

  • Hand-draw something I’d be proud to sell
  • Learn how to play the guitar (and play Johnny B. Good)
  • Fund, film, and distribute a documentary

Skill Goals

Fun and/or “Insane” Goals

  • Budgeting Goal: Live on $250 for a month (after basic bills and fixed costs)
  • Experience something new every day for a month
  • No TV for 100 days
  • Outsource everything in my life
  • Live in the forest for a month
  • Live with 0 trash for a month
  • Hike the West Coast Trail
  • Skydive
  • Bungee jump
  • Snowboard 5 mountains in a month
  • Go cavern diving
  • Climb a mountain with at least 3,500 ft. elevation change from base
  • Build a small portable home (on a bus)
  • Motorbike across America
  • Do the paperclip challenge
  • Go surfing
  • Go Dogsledding
  • Photograph a polar bear up close
  • Go sailing on the ocean across international waters
  • Get on TV for my blog/business
  • Break a world record
  • Learn to juggle
  • Visit every country in the world
    • Do a global photo project

Events to Attend

  • SXSW
  • Social Media Marketing World
  • Content Marketing World
  • Unbounce Call to Action Conference
  • Canadian Internet Marketing Conference
  • BlogWorld
  • World Domination Summit
  • Podcast Movement
  • FinCon
  • VidCon
  • Summer in the City
  • ComicCon
  • Chinese New Year celebration
  • Spend new years at Niagara Falls, Time Square, London, Rio
  • St. Patrick’s Day in Dublin, Ireland
  • Austin City Limits
  • Coachella
  • Lollapalooza
  • Sasquatch! Music Festival

Travel Goals

  • Visit Mexico
  • Visit Dominican
  • Visit China
  • Visit Japan
  • Visit Ireland
  • Visit Scottland
  • Visit England
  • Visit France
  • Visit Greece
  • Visit Spain
  • Visit Italy
  • Visit Australia
  • Visit 5 countries other than the U.S. for more than a week each
  • Visit every state in the U.S.
  • Hitchhike across a province
  • Ride a train across a province

Life Goals

  • Volunteer at 12 different charities in a month
    • Raise $50,000 for charity
  • Help my Mom, Dad, and Bro get their businesses, health, and finances in order
  • “Retire” Mr. Money Mustache-style by age 40
  • See the Northern Lights
  • Maintain a loving, inspiring, happy relationship with my amazing girlfriend Brittney
  • Leave a $100 tip at a restaurant
  • Be self-sufficient and location-independent
  • Help others take control of their lives and make them epic

 

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