My original post about the Impossible List here. I first encountered the Impossible List via College Info Geek (a.k.a. Thomas Frank), and the creator of the Impossible method is Joel Runyon, who has since created Impossible HQ.
Fitness
- Run a 10K
- Run a half-marathon
- Complete a Spartan Race
- 100 consecutive push-ups
Martial Arts Related
Start Boxing(Summer 2017)- Get a summer boxing membership
Start Muay Thai(March 5, 2018)Go to 25 boxing or muay thai classes in 30 days(March 2018)- Compete
Join Wushu(Fall 2017)- Get a solo in a Wushu show
- Learn standing backflip
- Do the splits
Habits
Created a blog (December 2017)First postTenth postTwentieth post- Fiftieth post
- Complete a Goodreads reading challenge
- 3 items of gratitude for 30 days
- Write 500 words a day for 30 days
- Read 25 pages a day for two months in a row
- 52 books in 52 weeks (one year)
Organizing
- Lead three campaigns for WAA (AAS-I in 2016-2017; Disaggregated Data in 2017; retroactive student leadership awards for past student activists)
- Complete a WAA directory
- Build a community website for WAA and AAS
- Retroactive student leadership award for WAAM-SLAM I and II activists
- A place on campus dedicated to past activists
- Volunteer at Beijing LGBT Center
Visit the Center (March 2018)
- Volunteer at Taipei LGBT Center
- Visit the Center
Professional
First paycheckFirst fellowship(Lumpkin Summer Institute)Second(Wellesley Centers for Women)Third(Wellesley in Washington)
- Graduate Wellesley
- Get into graduate school
- Certify as personal trainer or Crossfit trainer
- Certify as a Somatics instructor or mental health professional
Arts
Get published online!(Rest for Resistance, April 2018)- Write my 10th poem
- Perform my 10th poem
- Publish a chapbook
Make a Zine(“The History and Future of AAS”, May 2017)- Make the second
- Make the fifth
- Digitalize “all” of our non-digital photos, with tags
- Perform at “Let Me Speak”
Skills
PADI certify(Summer 2013);PADI Caribbean Reef Ecology certify(Summer 2014)- Learn how to surf
- Brew my own beer
Events to attend
- Association for Asian American Studies
- Present at the conference
- East Coast Asian American Student Union
- American Psychological Association (APA)
- Present at the conference
Travel
Circle Taiwan via bike, 環島(9-days, April 2018)- Visit Tibet
- Visit Nepal
Visit India (December 2013)
This list is iterative and will continue to evolve as I develop and grow.
Last updated: May 20, 2018