The Bucket List

Things i'll do before i'm done

Things I want to do, places I want to see, and versions of myself I want to become.

1 down, 29 to go

Build

career & creation, 1 of 10 done

  • Done: Win a hackathon

    Kolkata HackDays at Hacktoberfest x JIS.

    done, Oct 2026

    Our team at Hacktoberfest x JIS

  • Not done yet: Organize a hackathon

    A packed room of people coding at long rows of desks

  • Not done yet: Speak at a tech conference

    A microphone in front of a conference audience

  • Not done yet: Make my first meaningful open-source contribution

    Code open in an editor on a laptop

  • Not done yet: Get selected for Google Summer of Code

    A laptop with code on screen beside a plant on a bright desk

  • Not done yet: Build an application with 10,000+ active users

    An analytics dashboard charting weekly users

  • Not done yet: Ship a product that genuinely helps people

    A team working together in a bright loft office

  • Not done yet: Earn ₹1 crore in a year

    Not for the number, but for the freedom it represents.

    A sapling growing out of a pile of coins

  • Not done yet: Build a sustainable company

    An empty, light-filled office with a long meeting table

  • Not done yet: Mentor someone starting their development journey

    Three people laughing together over laptops

Grind

health & personal growth, 0 of 7 done

  • Not done yet: Do 100 consecutive push-ups in a single set

    A man doing push-ups in a gym

  • Not done yet: Do 50 consecutive pull-ups in a single set

    Someone hanging from a pull-up bar, black and white

  • Not done yet: Lift twice my body weight

    Rows of dumbbells on a rack in a gym

  • Not done yet: Build my dream physique naturally

    A hand gripping a dumbbell on the rack

  • Not done yet: Speak five languages fluently

    Bengali and Hindi are my starting point. Working towards English and Japanese, with one more language to discover.

    A pencil-shaped sign that reads Love to Learn

  • Not done yet: Read 12 books in a year

    A tall stack of books

  • Not done yet: Become someone my younger self would be proud of

    Probably the most important achievement on this entire list.

    An empty road running between red canyon walls

Wander

travel & adventure, 0 of 7 done

  • Not done yet: Explore 5 states in India

    One down: Rajasthan (visited Jaipur).

    Looking out over Jantar Mantar in Jaipur

  • Not done yet: Travel to Japan

    Visit the real-world places I've only seen in anime.

    A pagoda at dusk at the end of an old street in Kyoto

  • Not done yet: Travel to at least 3 countries

    A map, backpack, notebook and camera laid out for a trip

  • Not done yet: Take my parents on a trip using money I've earned myself

    A family holding hands on a beach at sunset

  • Not done yet: Watch a live football match in a stadium

    A packed football stadium under the lights

  • Not done yet: Go camping under the stars

    Looking out of a tent at a forest

  • Not done yet: Buy a telescope and explore the stars

    A telescope on a tripod under a starry night sky

Thrive

lifestyle & milestones, 0 of 6 done

  • Not done yet: Buy my first bike with my own money

    A motorcycle on an open road

  • Not done yet: Buy my first car with my own money

    The back of a grey BMW M5

  • Not done yet: Own my dream home

    A modern white house with a pool

  • Not done yet: Build a one-year emergency fund

    A hand stacking coins into small piles

  • Not done yet: Take my family on an international vacation

    An aeroplane wing above the clouds

  • Not done yet: Live in another country for a few months

    The Eiffel Tower over the Seine at dusk