Richard & Julie

Backlog 🌱

Ideas we've parked on purpose, kept out of the active plan so we don't overload it. We'll pick them up around week 5–6, or sooner if one naturally fits.

Parked — not started Active — picked up Done — how we live now
Process & tracking
Diet · Julie's idea
Diet nutrient check
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Added 13 June

Feed our weekly meal plan in for a check on whether we're getting all the nutrients we need, essentially a health-check of our diet rather than just a calorie or portion view. Revisit once the reset has bedded in.

Check-in · Julie's idea
Standardized cognitive measures
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Added 13 June

Prompted by noticing mood was missing from the check-in. Add a few simple, standardized cognitive and wellbeing measures so the mental side is tracked as deliberately as the physical. Shape it later, keep the weekly check-in light in the meantime.

Lifestyle themes
Diet
Less meat, better meat
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Captured 8 June after watching The Twin Experiment

More plant-based, without falling into ultra-processed substitutes.

  • Meat-free Mondays (vegetarian) and Plant-based Fridays (a step beyond). We like "plant-based" over "vegan" (Oreos are vegan!) — it's the health angle we're after.
  • Skip the ultra-processed swap. Not additive-heavy mock-meat, even where it's better for the environment. Whole-food plant proteins, beans and pulses, over the processed mimics.
  • Recipes to find or revive: a genuinely good spicy bean burger, a handful of plant-based meals we love, and the veggie recipes we enjoyed years ago.
  • Better-sourced meat. For the meat we keep, look hard at provenance: local, good quality, happy to pay a bit more, like we already do with sausages and eggs.
  • Eggs mini-project. A fun little research project comparing egg brands on cost, taste, animal welfare and environment, does the "happy hen" marketing actually stack up?
Reflection
Widen the reflection practice
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Captured 9 June

Two layers. First, pull a few more everyday signals into the check-in, step counts, water and sleep, alongside how we feel.

Second, and much less often, zoom out to the bigger life picture: how each of us feels about how we're spending our time, savings, goals, retirement, job satisfaction. Not weekly, a now-and-then trigger to pause on the big things, separate from the regular check-in.