Jon Pretty

But I need six more. I'd like suggestions which help me keep a healthy lifestyle/diet, and I'd like them to include things I enjoy, like learning languages and hiking. I like measurable things; watching my progress towards a goal is encouraging! And strict definitions are useful.

I'd like to ban "processed foods" from my diet but I don't have a good definition of "processed" allowing me to rule out the sort of "food" you find in a US gas station (long trips; bad planning; desperate measures!) while still letting me to eat, say, Wensleydale. Ideas, anyone?

I would also like to improve my French, German and Polish. My best idea was to aim for a certain vocabulary size (which I could measure with Anki). I thought a target of 2500 French words, 1000 German words and 500 Polish words would be a reasonable target. Any better ideas?

Wildcard suggestions are good, too! Last year someone suggested meditation, which I hated and was one of my failures. But I liked the suggestion, and I'm willing to try most things, though they do have to fit in with my itinerant lifestyle. Looking forward to the suggestions.

A non FP language. Bring something new back to Scala!

What about micro mastering a skill a month. This book was recommended to me, and I'm considering 1 a month for next year: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Micromastery-Little-Skills-Help-Happiness/dp/0241280044/ …

That's a nice idea, but actually the example of perfecting a soufflé inspired another more specific idea: I could perfect a new recipe every month... I always enjoyed cooking, but never devote time to it these days... which makes this exactly the sort of thing I'm looking for!