The Impossible List
A living list.
This is a living list of the goals that stretch me — across scholarship, business, teaching, family, craft, health, service, and adventure. It gets edited for life, in public.
Current Focus
- I.Finish the PhD
- II.Submit my first research article for publication
- III.Publish The 12 Laws of Healthcare Operations
- IV.Launch the YouTube channel — Laws 1–5 Shorts live
Recently Completed
- ✓Publish four books on Amazon: two nonfiction, two Nathan Calder thrillers (2026)
- ✓Launch The Handoff newsletter (2026)
- ✓Launch the 12 Laws course on Udemy (2026)
- ✓Complete the 12 Laws manuscript (2026)
- ✓Build an automated research pipeline that reads the literature weekly (2026)
- ✓Open More Allure's second location (2025)
Academic & Research
- —Earn the PhD
- —Publish a peer-reviewed article
- —Present my research at a conference
- ✓Write a book — and get it published (2026: four on Amazon)
Business & Entrepreneurship
- —Grow More Allure into the region's leading clinic
- —Expand the clinics into another state
Family & Relationships
- —Build an annual family tradition people look forward to all year
- —Host a retreat weekend for family, friends, and colleagues
Craft & Making
- —Build something with wood — a piece meant to last a hundred years
- —Build the house — Modern Parisian interior, Haussmann bones, built to endure
Health & Physical Capability
- —Run a 5K
- —Then finish a half-marathon
- —Track my sleep score for one full year
Travel & Adventure
- —Stand inside the Great Pyramid, then sail the Nile on a felucca at sunset
- —Walk the Haussmann boulevards of Paris that inspired the house
- —See the aurora from above the Arctic Circle
- —Walk a section of the Camino de Santiago
Generosity & Community Impact
- —Fund a scholarship for a first-generation college student
- —more to be written…
Wild Card Goals
- —Appear on a podcast
- —Start a YouTube channel
- —Give a TEDx-style talk on the 12 Laws
- —Hear a stranger cite one of the 12 Laws back to me — without knowing I wrote it