Be mindful of your path

– Thomas Frank

Impossible list: A unique way of reevaluating your goals in life. This is not going to be the usual bucket list as Joel Runyon had differentiated. He founded the idea of creating a personal impossible list and I admit that it’s one of the best things I’ve discovered so far.

This is a compilation of my life goals and its objective is for me to constantly review my progress. As one of Franks‘ dedicated fans, I’ve decided to steal from him and create my own.

Current Focuses

Recently, I decided to take a year break from medical school for the purpose of re-discovering myself and all the great things I can do for the rest of my life. And yes, I’m going to be a doctor in God’s perfect time. 😉

My other current priorities can be checked at: What I’m Doing Now

Last 5 Completed Goals

• Attended Multiply 2020 (August 2020)
• Joined a discipleship group (August 2020)
• Learned faux calligraphy (June 2020)
• 30,000 words in one month (May 27 to June 27, 2020)
• Developed a morning routine (March 2020 to present)

Life Goals

• Graduate from college (June 2018)
  • Final GWA: 2.048
• Donate blood regularly (January 2017)
• Give back to church regularly
• Donate to charity regularly
• Graduate from medical school
• Become a licensed physician
• Publish a research, a novel, and a script for an indie film
• Move to a smaller house
• Pay fam’s debt
• Open a business about health care
• Open a 24-hr co-working/coffee place in Las Pinas
• Practice medicine in my own clinic
• Live with my sister and her son (they are staying in US)
• Go to a Kpop concert alone (4x already)
• Spread God’s love and will (always)
• Help other students to get out of their comfort zones and enjoy learning (always)

Fitness/Health Goals

• Ab workout
  • for a week
  • for 30 days
• Zumba
  • for a week
  • for 30 days
• Run a 5K
• Run a 10K
• Squat 250
• Participate in a cycling race
• Do 50 push-ups
  • Do 20 push-ups (May 1, 2020)
• Do 50 sit-ups
  • Do 20 sit-ups (May 20, 2020)
• Drink 12 glasses of water a day forever

Professional Goals

• Win a place in an oral research presentation at MMHRDC (May 2018)
• Experience internship at an international school (Chulalongkorn University, June-July 2017)
• Get 1,000 blog visits, all time
  • Get 600 blog visits (June 29, 2020)
• Buy own domain and build an email list (May 17, 2020)
• Write 20,000 words in a month (June 27, 2022 based on Notion, my accumulated word count is 39,661)
• Lead a discipleship group
• Invest in a stock market
• Speak at a university for more than 100 students
• Give a TEDxTalk
• Self-publish a book
• Write a traditionally published book
• Launch a regular YouTube show and release 10 videos
• Launch a product
• Lead a committee under a school organization
• Host seminars/webinars about research in school
• Ace my medical clerkship

Habit Goals

• Bible study every day and finish the Bible — Skill: Wisdom
• Publish 3 blog posts every month for a year — Skill: Writing
• Do a morning workout 100 days in a row — Skill: Fitness
• Read 50 books in a year — Skill: Intelligence (Progress page)
• Write every day for 3 months (11/19/2020 to 02/19/2021) — Skill: Writing
• Upload a video every month for a year — Skill: Editing

Creative Goals

• Publish a sci-fi/fantasy book
• Learn how to play the ukelele
• Learn how to play the guitar
• Learn how to play the violin
• Learn how to play the piano
• Learn how to play the drums
• Learn how to produce music
• Learn how to produce lo-fi music
• Record and release an original song with lyrics
• Learn how to draw
• Learn how to paint
• Learn faux calligraphy (June 2022)
• Learn how to sew/knit

Skill Goals

• Become fluent in Korean
• Become fluent in Latin — I’m using duolingo for these languages
• Share the Gospel to a stranger
• Be a witness to an atheist
• Learn how to sing (good)
• Learn how to cook meals for my family
• Learn how to bake
• Learn how to dance
• Learn how to drive our car (been on the road! October 2020)
• Learn rock climbing
• Become good at household chores

Fun and/or “Insane” Goals

• Roadtrip with friends
• Staycation with loved ones
• Skydive
• Bungee jump
• Paragliding
• Climb a mountain
• Cycle up a mountain
• Bike to work/school
• Pet a donkey without getting bitten
• Ride an electric bull
• Go surfing
• Go sailing
• Be on TV
• Be a cast in a movie

Events to Attend

• Discipleship Retreat
  • Multiply Authentic Discipleship (August 2020)
• Online Seminars
• Big Bad Wolf Book Sale — and buy at least one valuable book
• Metro Manila Film Festival
• Province’s Festival
  • Sinulog in Cebu (January 3rd week)
  • Masskara in Bacolod (October 3rd week)
  • Panagbenga in Baguio (February)
• Hot Air Balloon Festival in Clark, Pampanga
• Research Symposium/Convention
• Medical missions
  • 16th Annual Sehfi Dental and Medical Mission (December 2018)
  • Bicol (October 2019)
  • …

Travel Goals

• Visit Thailand (Internship 2017)
• Visit Korea
• Visit Japan
• Visit Singapore
• Visit Ohio
• Visit UAE

Read 1000 books

Basically just read a lot every day for the rest of my life. I wish that I could have started reading when I was a kid. I’ve been enjoying and learning the importance of it now and how great it influences your personal development. Reading must be a fundamental habit for all of us! It not only gives you what you want to know, it also has the capability to shape your identity.

Recently, I decided to finish 50 books this year and I’m hoping to outdo that goal and even reach 1000. Well that’s insane but if you want to follow my progress, follow me on Goodreads!

“Anyone can fail at something they really don’t want. What really takes courage is going after something you want and then failing. There is more fulfillment in life knowing that you tried, rather than settled without a fight.”

― Shannon L. Alder

If you felt inspired, I highly encourage you to make your own impossible list now!

I’m going to be revisiting this page whenever I tick off a goal and add more goals in the future.

Have a blessed life, you!