Could be outstanding, could be something you’ve already completed.
I like to break my goals down into a sort of ladder with the eventual goal at the top, but smaller achievements on the way. So to that end my bucket list includes such gems as:
- Go out for a meal alone
- Buy a fancy ice lolly without feeling guilty about it
- Climb up the nearby hill without stopping for a break
- Reach out to various old friends for a catchup
- Finish reading the whole Discworld book series (I never did read the last one, iykyk)
So a goal on my bucket list was to start a software company, but I never had the right idea.
A few years ago I was absolutely fed up with spam in my Gmail inbox and real emails in my spam box, so I developed this complex set of filters that solved the problem, but was really hard to maintain. I told my coworker at LinkedIn about it, and he was like, “how do I set this up for my email?” I told him how complicated it was and he didn’t want to. But later I asked if he’d use an email service that did all that automatically, and he said he would.
I asked my girlfriend at the time if she would support me quitting my job to develop that service and basically not having an income for like at least four years. She said that if it was truly my dream, she would support me. (A couple months later I proposed and she’s now my wife. :)
So it took two years to develop, but I finally did it. Check it out: https://port87.com/
OP, I just reread your post, and I guess that’s not low stakes…
Definitely not with the whole quitting your job aspect thrown in there. But it’s a really cool achievement anyway so congrats!
Thank you. :)