Plans for 2020

I don't particularly like the plans-for-next-year literary genre, but I imagine it will be fun to read this at this very same time next year: a memento of what my focus was. Anyway, here what I'd like to start, stop and continue doing next year.

• Reading more books than those I read during 2019.
• Contribute to an open source project. In 2019 I was particularly happy because I managed to get a patch accepted for a tool I use daily (org-mode).
• Riding my bike for a total of 3500 km. I only recently got more serious about biking. At the moment I am not interested at all in speed and pure performance: for me it's more about exploring and spending time outdoor, but yet I started collecting data.
  • Why 3500? I initially thought 3000, because it's a nice round number. But it didn't make me unconfortable, as an objective should do. Adding 500 km does, yet it should not be a crazy stretch, especially if I develop the habit of using the bike instead of U-Bahn for commuting. I plan to post monthly reports here.
  • As a sub-goal, I'd like to try bikepacking, at least for a weekend.
• Start and publish a software project: I had several ideas over the last years, but all of them didn't go beyond the explorative or half-baked idea stage.
• Make some efforts at learning German (I'd like to reach a level where I can read articles and simple books).
• Stop wasting my time.
• Continue tracking expenses, sleeping and physical activities.