Impossible, until it's done

This is a list of challenges and goals I’ve set for myself, to be updated and documented as I live my life. The concept is supposed to follow what Joel Runyon called an impossible list. I came across the concept from someone’s personal website, but have since forgotten where. If you care about me at all, grill me about updating this list if you can.

Professional

• Acquire my first professional IT certification. CKAD (2022-09-25)
• Get all of the available Kubernetes certifications. CKAD CKA CKS (2024-09-08)
• Attain the AWS Certified DevOps Engineer certification.
• Become a principal engineer or architect.
• Develop expert level competence in computer networking.

Software

• Contribute to the Linux kernel. IIO staging (2019-05-26)
• Add support for multiple services to Argo Rollouts. Open PR
• Contribute to the Kubernetes project.
• Create a project on GitHub that gets at least 16 stars.

Life

• Get married. I love you, H.
• Move to another country. A mari usque ad mare 🇨🇦
• Own a house or condo.
• Have a child or two.

Travel

• Visit all countries in the United Kingdom. (0/4)
• Visit at least 3 countries in Europe. (0/3)
• Visit Portugal, the country that originated mine.
• Take my mother on a trip spanning multiple cities.

Financial

• Purchase a government bond or make other low-risk investments. TFSA RRSP etc.
• Save upwards of $100k (CAD) in my bank accounts collectively.
• Create a trust fund for my future children.