My Impossible List

Those who know me know I love lists. I have lists of recipes, places I want to hike, countries I want to visit, goals I'd like to accomplish, etc.  I came across this article one day about the concept of creating a list of the impossible.  My bucket lists contain things that I can easily achieve within my life time, the next year, or even within the next week. However, the Impossible List contains items that I never thought I would accomplish. They are things that I do not think that I can do.  It's the challenge I'd been searching for and how to continue my adventures and growth post-Vietnam. 

How amazing would it be to cross these items off this list? Achieving a goal that I thought was impossible to do? I always say, "Yes," to self-esteem boosters.

Here is my list.

Fitness/Health

• Run a Marathon
• Do ten pull ups
• Do 100 pushups
• Run a mile under seven minutes

Adventures

• Learn to Whitewater Kayak
• Overcome my fear of the ocean and learn to surf
• Bungee Jump
• Jump out of an airplane
• Live in another country
• Climb the tallest mountain the world

Education/Professional

• Write a children's book
• Open up an Infant-Toddler Center
• Design my own Infant-Toddler Center from the ground up
• Open up an international Childcare
• Obtain a Ph.D
• Be a professor
• Create a resource book for other Infant/Toddler Teachers