Life Checklist
A snapshot of significant life milestones I have hit so far — school, work, building, and the early founder path. Still plenty left on the list.
What I've done so far
71 of 152 checked — 81 still ahead.
71 / 152 checked · 81 still to go
- Be born
- Take first steps
- Say first words
- Learn to read
- Make a friend
- Learn to ride a bike
- Read a book
- Learn to swim
- Finish elementary school
- Play a sport
- Fly in a plane
- Ride a boat
- Ride in a train
- Ride a helicopter
- See the ocean
- See snow
- Make a snowman
- Finish middle school
- Go to a concert
- Go camping
- Ride a rollercoaster
- Attend my first hackathon (Tanda)
- Play an instrument
- Get a credit card
- Start driving
- Go on a roadtrip
- Visit another country
- Give a speech
- Graduate high school (Mansfield State High School, QCE)
- Earn Diploma of Business (BSB50120)
- Learn another language
- Invest some money
- Meet an idol
- Make a terrible mistake
- Win a trophy
- Climb a mountain
- Run a marathon
- Learn to cook
- Explore a cave
- See a volcano
- Start university (QUT dual degree)
- Enroll in Y Combinator Startup School
- Join BOP Young Entrepreneurs Hub
- Create the TIBER framework
- Become technical cofounder at unpaste.ai
- Secretary at QUT TECH
- VC & community research at SH1P
- Build agentic AI systems at Chatstat (intern)
- Ship this personal website
- Get a job
- Get promoted
- Get a paycheck
- Get fired
- Get in the news
- Vote in an election
- Switch careers
- Sign a contract
- Buy a house
- Get kissed
- Graduate college
- Have a long relationship
- Get dumped
- Get engaged
- Get married
- Have a kid
- Teach your kid to walk
- Teach your kid to talk
- Watch your kid graduate
- Watch your kid get married
- Become a grandparent
- Retire
- Tell your grandkid a story
- See a solar eclipse
- Plant a garden
- Travel the world
- Ship your first app
- Push 100 commits to GitHub
- Attend a tech meetup
- Find a mentor
- Mentor someone younger
- Contribute to open source
- Launch a side project
- Land your first paying customer
- Incorporate a company
- Raise a pre-seed round
- Raise a Series A
- Build a unicorn startup
- Sell or exit a company
- Pitch on demo day
- Get into Y Combinator batch
- Give a conference talk
- Appear on a podcast
- Grow a newsletter to 1,000 subscribers
- Reach 10k followers on social
- Have a LinkedIn post go viral
- Win a hackathon
- File a patent
- Publish a research paper
- Write an honours thesis
- Make the Dean's List
- Study abroad for a semester
- Intern in San Francisco
- Intern in New York
- Intern in London
- Work remotely from another country
- Live as a digital nomad for 3 months
- Move to a new city
- Live alone for the first time
- Adopt a pet
- Keep a plant alive for a year
- Donate blood
- Register as an organ donor
- Volunteer 100 hours
- Raise money for charity
- Run a 5K
- Run a 10K
- Complete a triathlon
- Work out 100 days in a row
- Meditate for 30 days straight
- Go skydiving
- Get scuba certified
- Learn to surf
- Learn to ski
- Ride a hot air balloon
- See the northern lights
- Go on a safari
- Snorkel the Great Barrier Reef
- Visit Uluru
- Backpack through Europe
- Travel through Asia
- Road trip the Americas
- Set foot in Antarctica
- Take a cruise
- Stay in a hostel abroad
- Couchsurf in a stranger's home
- Attend a music festival
- See live stand-up comedy
- See a Broadway-style show
- Beat an escape room
- Sing karaoke in public
- Cook a 10-course dinner for friends
- Go wine tasting
- DJ at a party
- Visit a world-famous museum
- Write a book
- Publish a book
- Make a short film
- Give a TEDx talk
- Make a 30-under-30 list
- Get featured in a major publication
- Earn a cloud certification
- Turn 100
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