My Impossible List

This Impossible List is more than just a bucket list. Not too long ago, I used to settle for the possible things in life. This is a list of things I want to do in life that I won’t wait to do. Each day I am working towards things on this list, stretching myself, growing myself, until one day, the Impossible just becomes… Possible.

Dare to live the life you’ve always wanted.

Life + Purpose:

  • Make a terrifying decision to get closer to my goals.
  • Being single till mid 30s (still < that age, enjoying freedom :))
  • Build one person from scratch that makes at least 25k per month.
  • Build one person from scratch that makes at least 50k per month.
  • Build one person from scratch that makes at least 1L per month.

Fitness + Sports:

  • Learn to swim
  • Learn to surf
  • Run a 5k [Jan 2017]
  • Run a 10k [Aug 2017]
  • Run a Half Marathon [Aug 2018]
  • Run a Marathon
  • Run a sub 4-minute 1km
  • 50k cycling in a day
  • 100k cycling in a day
  • Go Rock Climbing
  • Go Shooting
  • Go for trekking
  • Go Indoor Skydiving
  • Go Bungee Jumping
  • Learn / experience Skating
  • Learn/experience Ice-Skating [Jan 2010]
  • Learn how to Scuba Dive
  • Learn Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu

Travel:

  • Go on Solo / Group Trips to:
    • Any District in Telangana
    • Any State in India
    • Any Country in the world
  • 500k Road trip by Motor Bike in a day time
  • 1000k+ Road trip by Motor Bike
  • Do A Cross Country Road Trip And Make a Film About It
  • Visit all 7 wonders and film it:
    • Taj Mahal (India)
    • Great Wall of China (China)
    • Petra (Jordan)
    • Christ the Redeemer (Brazil)
    • Macchu Picchu (Peru)
    • Chichen Itza (Mexico)
    • Colosseum (Italy)
  • Live on the beach side for a month
  • Visit 5 Countries
  • Visit 10 Countries
  • Devotional
    • Pancharama Temples (Andhra Pradesh, India)
    • Visit Divya Desam (Lord Vishnu Temples)
    • Visit Jyotirlingas
    • Visit Shakti Peethas
    • Go to Kumbh Mela
    • Complete Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Yatra
    • Complete Amarnath Yatra
    • Complete Char Dham Yatra (Uttarakhand, India)
    • Complete Kailash Manasarovar Yatra (Tibet, China)

Learn:

  • Tech
    • Java (Completed in 2009)
    • Java EE (Completed in 2010)
    • HTML , CSS and JavaScript (Completed in 2010)
    • JQuery and Bootstrap (Completed in 2014)
    • Spring Framework (Completed in 2010)
    • Python (Completed in 2018)
    • Python for DataScience (Under Progress)
    • PHP for WordPress (Completed in 2013)
    • PHP (Completed in 2018)
    • Angular, React and Vue JS (Under Progress)
    • MySQL – SQL (Completed in 2016)
    • Ruby Basics (Completed in 2018)
  • Design
    • Basics from google (completed in 2010)
    • Learn from Mentor (completed in 2018, Rafal Tomal Design Class)
    • Learn how to use Adobe tools basics (completed in 2014)
  • Languages
    • Hindi (completed)
    • English (completed)
    • Spanish
    • French
  • Books
    • Read Bagavad Gita (Under Progress)
    • Read 10,000 books in my lifetime.
  • Investing / Trading
    • Learn basics of Stock Markets (completed in 2012)
    • Open Demat account and start investing / trading (completed in 2012)
    • Learn Derivatives (Options & Futures, completed in 2016)
    • Learn Option strategies (completed in 2017)
    • Learn Technical Analysis basics (completed in 2017)
    • Learn Advanced Technical Analysis (On going)
    • Learn trading in indices (On going)
    • Learn trading in currencies and commodities
    • Create a trading system with NSE events sentiment analysis (On going)
  • Marketing
    • Complete Marketing courses by DigitalMarketer.com (Apr 2020, leveraged pandemic free offer)
    • SEO, follow Brian Dean (Backlinko) and Neil Patel
    • Inbound (Google Ads) and outbound (Facebook, LinkedIn and Instagram etc.,)
    • Check for marketing SOPs; purchased SOP library from ClickMinded.com (2021)
    • Step into E-commerce, Create and run stores on Amazon, Flipkart and Meesho (2021)
    • Learn outreach, work with tools like snov.io, lemlist and findthatlead etc.,
    • Learn Funnels, creating funnels in WordPress
  • Management
    • Follow mentor in product management
    • Apply for Executive MBA from an IIM (Applied for IIMK, shortlisted, EMAT and interview cleared)
    • MBA, Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode (2022 Dec – 2024 Dec)

Personal Finance:

  • Investing
    • Mutual Funds
      • Open Mutual Funds at Axis and DSP in 2011
      • Start Small cap SIPs
    • Equity
      • Start investing in Indian markets
      • Start investing in US markets
  • Trading
    • Build 25L trading capital to trade in the derivative market.
  • 5Cr Savings
    • 5L super savings
    • 50L super savings
    • 1Cr super savings
    • 2Cr super savings
    • 5Cr super savings

Personal Brand

  • Make Umashankar Ankuri a brand
    • Buy umashankar.me (completed in 2016)
    • Grab umashankar.net (completed in 2022) , Grab umashankar.com, Grab umashankar.in (completed in 2023)
    • Develop website (completed in May, 2022)
  • Setup LinkedIn (Completed in June, 2009)
    • Get first 100 connections (Completed)
    • Post tech content religiously
    • Take mentorship from someone who has done it and leverage LinkedIn.
    • Get 1000 connections
    • Get 10,000 connections
    • Get 20,000 connections
    • Touch the limit of 30,000 connections
    • Build 50,000 followers
    • Build 100,000 followers

Misc:

  • Count and Document all the things
  • Create a Getaway Backpack
  • Sing a Folk song and publish in YouTube
  • Get something named after me

Inspiration Credits: