Hi there!

Welcome to my impossible list! I have had a lot of ideas and awesome projects in mind to do, but I never really got to doing them. I used to write them down in evernote and look at them like ”Aaah I should do that!” but I never got
 to the point where I actually put in the effort to do these things.

So here’s my solution. This list will track all my goals, and I’ll be updating them on the go! The big difference is that this list evolves. For every goal achieved, there will be a new goal in that category! This way l’ll make sure that I never become static and will always keep pursuing my dreams.

The idea was originally from Joel Runyon who described it something like this: The impossible list

Current focusses

  • Read at least 25 pages every day for 30 days in a row
  • Learn Spanish to B2 level
    WPM Cas Becker

Last 3 completed

 goals

  • Meditate every day for 30 days in a row
  • Land a job as an engineer
  • Score 130WPM on typeracer

Life Goals

  • Graduate from the University of Amsterdam, Psychology.
    • ~8 average (7.82, close enough)
  • Release a single of original music
  • Be Self-Sufficient and location independent
  • Help others achieve Flourishing (always in progress)
  • Tip €100,- in a restaurant
  • Manage money effectively by investing and personal finance
    • “Retire” by age 40 (have earned around 800k for enough to live on through investment profits)

 

Fitness/Health goals

  • Cycle 100km in a day
    • Cycle an “Elfstedentocht” (265km) in a day
  • Run at least 16 km in one goOctober, 2016
    • Run half a marathon
  • Bench 15KG
    • Bench 20KG
      • Bench 25KG
  • Do 15 pull-ups in a row (current max 8)
  • Learn how to do rock-climbingTonsai, Thailand, July 2017
    • Learn how to do lead-climbing in rock climbing
  • Do 100 Push-ups in one set
  • Learn parkour
  • Sport at least 5 times a week for 30 days – Oktober/November 2019
  • Learn Flying Low, July 2018 (Trinity Laban Conservatoire)
    • Do a masterclass for Flying Low with David Zambrano
  • Learn how to do a handstand for longer than 15 seconds (consistently at least 5 times in a row)

 

Professional goals

  • Write a book
  • Create an app for Flourishing
  • Land a job as engineerFinaps, 2020
  • Create a site for myself
    • Get to page 1 on google search results with ”Cas Becker”
    • Get to result 1 on google search results with ”Cas Becker”
    • Get to page 1 on google search results with ”C Becker”
  • Get selected for the OpleidingsCommissie of Psychology at the UvA.
    • Become the supervisor
  • Create an online course
  • Give a TedTalk
  • Write a book on a 30 day creativity challenge

Habit Goals

  • Read a book a week for the first 3 months of 2021
    • Read a book a week for all of 2021
  • Meditate every day for 30 days in a row, June 2019
    • Meditate at least 20m every day for 30 days in a row
  • Do a morning workout every day for 30 days (with max 8 break days)
    • Do a morning workout every day for 30 days in a row
  • Practice guitar for at least 20m every day for 30 days in a row
  • Read at least 25 pages every day for 30 days in a row

Creative Goals

Music

  • Learn one new song every day for 7 days in a row on piano/guitar and vocal
  • Produce and release a song
  • Record a cover and release it on youtube
  • Sing and perform on stage
    • Sing/perform on stage, and get paid for it

Drawing/painting

  • Learn to do basic sketches of faces
  • Draw something I’d be proud of to sell on redbubble

Calligraphy

  • Write 10 different calligraphy letters to friends which I would be proud to send

Video editing

  • Learn how to use adobe premiere pro good enough to edit videosMarch 2019
    • Shoot/edit a video and get paid for it – April 2019

Photo editing

  • Learn photoshop30 Days of Photoshop (Phlearn), June 2020
    • Make 15 projects through Photoshop

Theatre

  • Do a theatre performance at the International Theatre of Amsterdam, April 2016

Skill Goals

  • Get 130WPM in Typeracer
    • Get 140WPM in Typeracer
    •  

  • Become fluent in Spanish (currently B1)
    • Get to B2
    • Get to C1
  • Learn archery good enough to average 7/10 points, January 2020 (through multiple sessions over the years)
    • average 8/10 points
  • Learn knife throwing
  • Learn ballroom dance
  • Learn the tango good enough to improvise at a Milonga
  • Learn how to use after-effects good enough to do interesting animations in videos
  • Write a blog for 14 days in a row (to practice writing)

 

Fun/Insane goals

  • Skydive in a wind turbineNetherlands, July 2018
    • Skydive for real
  • Bungee Jump
  • Zero-G flight
  • Try the reverse bike like this guy

Events to attend

  • Visit Ireland on Saint Patrick’s day
  • Experience chinese new year in china
  • North sea jazz festival, July 2019
    • Go again!, July 2022 (Saw Herbie Hancock up close!)
    • Go again!

Video Game Goals

  • Beat all levels in Towerfall Ascension on hardcore
  • Complete Celeste
    • Complete all B sides
  • Learn expert levels in Beat Saber (A or higher)
    • Learn expert+ in at least 2 Beat Saber songs
      • Learn expert+ consistently
  • Become platinum in League of Legends
  • Become platinum in Valorant

Travel goals

  • See the aurora borealis
  • Visit the islands of Greece in a sailboat
    • Naxos, Mikonos, Paros, etc.
  • Visit more than 15 different countries for more than a week each 
    • Visit more than 30 different countries for more than a week
  • Visit more than 5 countries outside of europe for more than a week each (Visit Bali  July 2015, Visit JordanMay 2014, Visit Russia April 2017, Visit ThailandJuly 2017, Visit IsraëlMarch 2017
    • Visit more than 10 countries outside of europe for more than a week each (currently 7)
      • Visit Marocco, December 2019.
      • Visit Argentina,  February 2020.
  • Visit all continents (currently 4/7)

 

Read 1000 books!

This is quite a broad goal, but I wish to be constantly learning. Self-driven curiosity is what drives me to this.

For this I want to go through lots and lots of books! Constantly stimulating my brain to new perspectives and views.

My current progress can be tracked on Goodreads.