Last updated on 13-07-2024

This is a list of things I want to do in my life. Call it a to-do list, a bucket list, or whatever you like. I love the fact that this list grows day by day and, in a way, gives me a sense of direction and excitement for the future. While I know I may never achieve everything on this list in my lifetime, that’s okay. The finite nature of life gives it purpose and makes me feel profoundly grateful for every experience and quest I pursue. This list includes physical goals, things I want to achieve, places I want to visit, things I want to learn, and more. For the dreams I have already achieved, I’ve crossed them out with the date when they were accomplished. My goal is to have atleast 100 dreams at a time, but it’s not easy.

  1. Start a business
  2. Watch Northern Lights dancing across the sky.
  3. Run a full marathon (~42.2km)
  4. Learn to swim in open water and ocean.
  5. Become an IronMan
  6. Become a Super Randonneur . Done on 03-10-2022. Read about it here.
  7. Climb a mountain with an elevation >6000m
  8. Complete Everest Base Camp (EBC) trek and Annapurna Circuit.
  9. Learn to snowboard.
  10. Eat at a Michelin Star Restaurant, ideally at Noma , The Fat Duck , or Alinea .
  11. Start a co-living space and live together with like-minded individuals, something like Archive in San Francisco.
  12. Go to space someday. Quite possible these days if you have the money.
  13. Learn how to sail.
  14. Earn a Six Star Medal by running all World Marathon Majors.
  15. Run an ultramarathon.
  16. Contribute to at least one vital article on Wikipedia.
  17. Learn to play a musical instrument.
  18. Invent a new musical instrument.
  19. Visit all the continents of the world.
  20. Self-publish a book end-to-end, from writing, editing, designing, printing, to publishing.
  21. Build an incremental game, something like CivClicker with Man From the Future as the theme.
  22. Attend the Burning Man Festival.
  23. Design and build a card game like Cards Against Humanity .
  24. Make my own font probably inspired by Kokorobot .
  25. Learn to create electronic music, publish, become famous, and remain anonymous.
  26. Get a Ham Radio License and become a ham radio operator.
  27. Launch my own stationery brand.
  28. Learn to shoot in analog and start developing photographs myself.
  29. Start a Podcast with the first guest as Derek Sivers or Ali Abdaal
  30. Build a small outhouse from scratch.
  31. Learn how to build trails and build one.
  32. Cross a pass in the Himalayas self-supported. Definitely inspired by Peter Van Geit
  33. Learn Horology and become a watchmaker.
  34. Travel, ideally walk along with the monsoon through India, inspired by Chasing the Monsoon: A Modern Pilgrimage Through India by Alexander Frater.
  35. Bicycle tour through Route 66 .
  36. An all-India bicycle expedition covering all states of India.
  37. Walk on foot along the path of River Ganga, from Gangotri Glacier to Sundarbans.
  38. Complete the 496 challenge.
  39. Walk the Bibbulmun Trail .
  40. Ride the entire Eurovelo Iron Curtain Trail
  41. Finish both Paris-Brest-Paris and London-Edinburgh-London events.
  42. Hike the entire Pacific Crest Trail . Dreaming of it ever since I finished Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed.
  43. Stay in Japan for a month.
  44. Start a silent cafe with bookshop.
  45. Own a dog.
  46. Buy a huge piece of land in a remote area, try out permaculture, farmsteading, and try to live off-grid as much as possible.
  47. Start earning online, live as a digital nomad, and travel with Yeti in Southeast Asia.
  48. Setup a pickle business for mom.
  49. Get a publishing deal with a major publisher and write a book.
  50. Publish a research paper in a major journal.
  51. Exhibit my art in a prestigious national or international exhibition.
  52. Get to 15% body fat.
  53. Run a marathon under 3 hours.
  54. Ride 100kms on bike under 3 hours.
  55. Learn [falconry(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bartender#Mixologist)].
  56. Start a Cult.
  57. Create a personal NFT collection for 1000 fans.
  58. Write a Haiku
  59. Circumnavigate navigate earth on cycle - min 29,000 kilometers, cross 2 antipodal points and travel in one direction.
  60. Become a mixologist .
  61. Learn to speak, read and write Tamil , my wife’s mother tongue, and also one of the oldest languages in the world.
  62. Learn Foiling .
  63. Walk the Pampir Trail once the mapping is complete.
  64. Do a tandem bikepacking tip with Yeti
  65. Start a Little Free Library
  66. Travel around the world for a year with a World Ticket.
  67. Attend [Olympics], ideally to watch 100m event.
  68. Design a tattoo myself and get inked.
  69. Write, shoot, direct, edit and self-publish a short-film or a documentary.
  70. Contribute to OpenStreetMaps

Partially inspired by Taylor , Laura and more.