Lifelong
Learning
Life
Goals
Foundations
—
Building
the
Habit
1
Read
thirty
minutes
a
day
Before
screens
,
not
after
.
Fiction
and
non
-
fiction
in
roughly
equal
measure
,
and
the
thirty
minutes
counts
even
when
the
book
turns
out
to
be
boring
.
2
Keep
one
commonplace
book
A
single
indexed
notebook
where
every
idea
worth
keeping
is
written
down
with
its
source
,
so
nothing
has
to
be
found
twice
.
3
Finish
what
you
start
No
more
than
two
open
books
and
one
open
course
at
a
time
.
Abandon
deliberately
,
and
write
down
why
—
a
real
reason
,
not
a
mood
.
4
Rewrite
the
list
every
January
Retire
what
no
longer
matters
,
add
what
the
year
taught
you
,
and
keep
the
total
near
forty
so
it
stays
usable
.
Knowledge
&
Intellect
5
Read
thirty
books
a
year
Twelve
of
them
in
a
field
where
you
are
still
,
frankly
,
a
beginner
.
6
Go
deep
on
one
subject
every
two
years
Depth
means
you
could
teach
a
semester
-
long
introductory
course
on
it
without
notes
.
7
Work
through
the
classics
you
skipped
Homer
,
Dante
,
Austen
,
Tolstoy
,
Woolf
—
one
per
quarter
,
with
a
good
commentary
alongside
.
8
Read
one
field
'
s
primary
literature
Follow
a
scientific
discipline
closely
enough
to
read
its
actual
papers
—
and
the
letters
that
criticize
them
—
rather
than
the
press
releases
about
them
.
9
Learn
statistics
well
enough
to
be
skeptical
Base
rates
,
confidence
intervals
,
and
a
clear
sense
of
what
a
p
-
value
does
not
tell
you
.
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Craft
&
Career
10
Build
a
body
of
work
,
not
a
résumé
Ten
pieces
over
ten
years
that
you
would
still
sign
your
name
to
.
11
Own
one
narrow
specialty
completely
Be
the
person
others
call
for
that
one
thing
—
and
know
that
it
is
narrow
on
purpose
.
12
Write
clearly
enough
to
be
followed
A
stranger
should
be
able
to
act
on
your
instructions
without
asking
a
follow
-
up
question
.
13
Give
a
hundred
talks
Any
size
,
any
room
,
over
the
next
decade
.
The
hundredth
will
be
unrecognizable
next
to
the
first
.
14
Take
one
substantial
professional
risk
every
three
years
The
kind
that
costs
something
real
if
it
fails
.
Language
&
Culture
15
Reach
conversational
fluency
in
a
second
language
Roughly
10,000
words
and
a
thousand
hours
of
listening
,
spread
over
years
rather
than
crammed
into
one
.
16
Reach
reading
fluency
in
a
third
Enough
to
get
through
a
novel
without
a
dictionary
at
your
elbow
.
17
Live
one
month
where
the
language
is
spoken
Continuous
,
deliberate
,
and
without
an
English
-
speaking
bubble
around
you
.
18
Read
one
book
from
every
continent
within
ten
years
Translated
counts
.
So
does
a
children
'
s
book
,
if
it
is
the
honest
one
for
that
country
.
19
Learn
one
practical
skill
from
a
culture
that
isn
'
t
yours
Cooking
,
joinery
,
an
instrument
,
a
way
of
gardening
—
taught
by
someone
who
grew
up
with
it
.
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Creativity
&
Making
20
Make
something
every
week
Twenty
minutes
of
writing
,
a
sketch
,
a
recording
.
The
streak
matters
more
than
the
quality
.
21
Ship
one
large
creative
project
a
year
A
book
,
an
album
,
an
exhibition
,
a
piece
of
software
—
finished
,
and
put
in
front
of
people
.
22
Learn
an
instrument
well
enough
to
play
with
others
Competence
,
not
mastery
.
The
goal
is
to
be
invited
back
.
23
Keep
a
daily
image
One
photograph
or
drawing
a
day
,
and
never
delete
anything
—
the
point
is
the
archive
,
not
the
edit
.
24
Learn
one
craft
well
enough
to
give
its
work
away
Something
you
make
with
your
hands
and
then
hand
to
someone
else
.
Body
,
Mind
&
Health
25
Keep
a
movement
practice
you
'
d
still
do
at
eighty
Walking
,
swimming
,
lifting
,
dancing
—
chosen
for
longevity
rather
than
for
one
season
.
26
Learn
the
physiology
,
not
the
fads
Sleep
,
protein
,
stress
hormones
,
and
how
your
own
body
actually
responds
to
each
.
27
Hold
a
current
first
aid
and
CPR
certification
Renew
it
on
schedule
,
and
use
it
if
you
ever
have
to
.
28
Train
attention
on
purpose
Ten
minutes
of
daily
practice
for
a
year
,
then
sit
down
and
assess
it
honestly
.
29
Take
one
long
walk
A
week
on
foot
,
with
no
itinerary
and
no
destination
worth
naming
.
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Technology
&
Tools
30
Program
well
enough
to
automate
your
own
work
Not
a
career
—
just
the
ability
to
stop
doing
the
same
task
by
hand
.
31
Understand
the
systems
you
depend
on
Where
your
data
lives
,
who
can
read
your
mail
,
and
what
your
devices
send
home
.
32
Keep
one
manual
skill
that
never
touches
a
screen
Sharpening
a
knife
,
mending
a
seam
,
tuning
a
bicycle
,
splitting
wood
.
33
Build
an
archive
you
can
still
open
in
thirty
years
Plain
text
,
open
formats
,
three
copies
,
and
a
note
for
whoever
finds
it
.
Relationships
&
Teaching
34
Teach
what
you
know
at
least
once
a
year
A
class
,
a
colleague
,
a
neighbour
—
someone
who
wants
the
thing
you
already
have
.
35
Read
aloud
every
week
To
a
child
,
a
partner
,
a
friend
.
Some
of
the
best
hours
of
your
life
will
be
spent
this
way
.
36
Keep
a
small
circle
who
will
tell
you
when
you
'
re
wrong
And
then
actually
tell
them
when
they
are
.
37
Write
one
letter
a
month
To
someone
who
mattered
,
whether
or
not
you
have
spoken
recently
.
Contribution
&
Legacy
38
Give
five
percent
of
your
income
to
something
you
'
d
defend
out
loud
Chosen
deliberately
,
and
reviewed
every
year
rather
than
renewed
by
habit
.
39
Mentor
one
person
at
a
time
For
as
long
as
they
will
have
you
—
the
relationship
should
outlast
the
arrangement
.
40
Write
down
what
you
know
A
manual
,
a
memoir
,
a
set
of
letters
—
something
a
stranger
could
still
find
and
use
after
you
.
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