BucketList

May 15, 2020

Note: This is a living document            

Inspired by Chip Huyen’s list, I wanted to create a list of things that I’d love to someday do before I die. I’m not sure if I can fit all of this in one life - but I’ll try my best! Some of these are whimsical, some are more pragmatic. At any one point, you can find me trying to chase one of these. The hope is also to focus on 1 or 2 things at max at any given point. Doing more will lead to stress/unhappiness.

  1. Start a mission-oriented company (sector unknown but most likely in ML/devtool/creativity/fintech)
  2. Scale above company to great heights (I’m not sure how/what this means yet; need to find a good north star metric)
  3. Find ways to fund education/provide good internet + devices in developing countries at a massive scale
  4. Drive a superfast car on a racetrack (my middle school self was obsessed with cars)
  5. Go skydiving
  6. Partcipate in a play as an actor
  7. Give a speech in front of >1000 people
  8. Fall in love
  9. Learn how to do a backflip
  10. Go to La Tomatina festival
  11. Work on AGI Research
  12. Get a six-pack
  13. Run a marathon
  14. Pay for my parents’ mortgage
  15. Learn how to ride a unicycle
  16. Watch India vs Pakistan cricket match live (preferably at Wankhede)
  17. Go to space
  18. Learn Spanish to a level of fluency
  19. Take a dip in freezing water (Wim Hoff inspired)
  20. Help make Earth sustainable
  21. Host a massive gathering of my favourite people (that I personally know) on Earth in Banff
  22. Go for an impromptu weekend exploration to a different city
  23. Eat momos in Delhi without water
  24. Try the Hot Ones Challenge (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_Ones)
  25. Camp alone in a national park/island for 5 days
  26. Visit great wall of China
  27. Take part in the biggest Water balloon fight in the world
  28. Treat family to a vacation
  29. Visit South Africa
  30. Visit Congo
  31. Visit Senegal
  32. Visit Peru
  33. Buy everybody in a grocery store grocery
  34. Solve telepathy (make language obselete)
  35. Develop meaningful relationships with friends
  36. Play a sport for 24 hrs
  37. Do Standup
  38. Become good at Tennis and Table-tennis
  39. Memorize 1000 digits of Pi (was once at 270 - currently at probably around 140-150)
  40. Keep adding to this list