Things I want to do before I die. Please let me know if you have any recommendations.

Chip Huyen inspired me to create this list. :)

  1. ✓ Watch a Christopher Nolan movie in IMAX
    • Oppenheimer was my first Nolan film in IMAX, though I walked in 15-20 minutes late thanks to Bangalore traffic. :(
    • Went solo for the Interstellar re-release in IMAX. It’s my favourite film of all time.
    • ✗ Still to do, as Nolan intended: watch one in IMAX 70mm.
  2. ✗ Learn physics & astrophysics
  3. ✗ Become an ultra-marathon runner (50 km and beyond)
  4. ✓ Experience sky diving in Dubai & Franz Josef in New Zealand - did it in Interlaken, Switzerland instead
  5. ✗ Learn a musical instrument (Piano/Guitar) ~ I’d like to play the Interstellar theme song someday
  6. ✗ Do at least 15 Himalayan treks (3/15 done)
  7. ✗ Read the best 100 books
  8. ✗ Take a picture of a distant galaxy
  9. ✗ Learn astrophotography
  10. ✗ Study neuroscience & psychology to understand how our brain works
  11. ✗ Learn a foreign language
  12. ✗ Experience Zero-G
  13. ✗ Go on an overseas trip with my whole family
  14. ✗ Learn scuba diving
  15. ✗ Learn to drive a car
  16. ✗ Travel at least 50+ countries (9/50 done)
    • India, Nepal, Singapore, Malaysia, Finland, Italy, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Austria
  17. ✓ Watch Coldplay live - done in Manila, Philippines
  18. ✓ Watch Linkin Park live - done in Bangalore
  19. ✗ Fall in love & get married to the person I love
  20. ✓ Run a full, half marathon & a 10k
  21. ✗ Run a sub-4, sub-3 and sub-2:50 marathon
    • ✗ Sub-4:00
    • ✗ Sub-3:00
    • ✗ Sub-2:50
  22. ✗ Run all 8 World Marathon Majors
    • ✗ Tokyo
    • ✗ Boston
    • ✗ London
    • ✗ Sydney
    • ✗ Berlin
    • ✗ Chicago
    • ✗ New York City
    • ✗ Cape Town
  23. ✗ Become an endurance athlete (WIP)
  24. ✗ Go on an African safari (Maasai Mara or Serengeti)
  25. ✗ Work towards being one of the best AI minds & add value to people’s lives through technology
  26. ✗ Write a book. I don’t know what it is about, but write a book.
  27. ✗ Watch the Australia vs England Ashes cricket match at Lord’s & MCG
  28. ✗ Watch a game of Wimbledon at Centre Court
  29. ✗ Be kind
  30. ✗ Become a parent
  31. ✗ Sponsor an entire kid’s education
  32. ✗ Become financially independent
  33. ✗ Read Calvin & Hobbes, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
  34. ✗ Learn how to write & share about my work & learnings
  35. ✗ Backpack Latin America for at least 2-3 months
  36. ✓ Travel Europe - done, but will keep going back :)
  37. ✗ Build my own house
  38. ✗ Hike to Everest Base Camp (EBC)
  39. ✗ Hike to Annapurna Base Camp (ABC)
  40. ✗ Do the Arctic Circle Trail in Greenland
  41. ✗ Learn to play a sport well (Badminton / Tennis)
  42. ✗ Hike at least one 6000m mountain - Either in the Himalayas or Andes
  43. ✗ Build my own business
  44. ✗ Do an Ironman
  45. ✗ Learn Swimming
  46. ✗ Explore the Amazon Rainforest & spend time with a local tribe
  47. ✗ Build my own library
  48. ✗ Visit Sir Isaac Newton’s home
  49. ✗ Explore Patagonia
  50. ✗ Visit Antarctica
  51. ✗ Experience a total solar eclipse from the path of totality
  52. ✗ Experience a rocket launch