2020 vision: A healthier, more proactive year

Make 2020 your best year yet... Photograph: ThomasVogel/Getty Images

Whether you believe in the power of a New Year resolution of not, every January feels like a new beginning, ripe with possibility. But how do you make the most of this momentum? Here is our hand-picked selection of courses to help you on the way to a healthier, more proactive 2020.

Plus: From Monday 6 January to Monday 20 January, you can buy a ticket to ANY of our courses with a 20% discount. Just use the code FLYINGSTART at checkout – and you’ll be well on your way.

Transform your body and mind

• New year, new you: Make 2020 your best year yet

• The Diet Myth: Learn how to make better nutritional choices with Professor Tim Spector

• How to change your life: A masterclass with life coach Fiona Buckland

Fiona Buckland Photograph: Phil Askew

• The Age-Well Project: Preparing a longer, healthier and happier life

• How to make better decisions with LSE fellow in decision science Dr Valentina Ferretti

• Be good to your gut: A masterclass with nutritional therapist Eve Kalinik

• How to boost your energy and stop feeling tired all the time

Nurture your creativity

• How to use your digital camera: A course with Guardian photographer David Levene

• Get gardening in 2020: A masterclass with Alys Fowler, Charles Dowding & Hollie Newton

Charles Dowding Composite: Sophia Evans (The Observer), Heather Edwards, Karen Robinson (The Observer)

• How to write a collection of short stories: A six-week creative writing programme

• Lyric-writing: A one-day workshop with Chris Difford

• Introduction to illustration: A one-day workshop

Get writing

• Free your creativity and get started on your book

• Migration stories: A one-day creative writing workshop

Elise Valmorbida Photograph: ©JeffLeyshon

• Poetry: A practical guide to the craft with Cambridge University’s creative writing tutor

• How to get your novel published: A class with literary agent Ed Wilson and publisher Suzie Dooré

• Focus on fiction: A series of workshops with Cambridge University’s creative writing tutors

• Literary translation: A creative writing masterclass

• How to write a children’s book: A masterclass with acclaimed children’s authors and publishers

Boost work happiness

• Turn your food passion into a business with Pippa Murray and Meriel Armitage

• Kickstart your career change and do work you truly enjoy

• Prepare your 2020 digital marketing strategy with confidence

• How to get hired: A masterclass with career coach Corinne Mills

• The new rules of writing for women: An evening class with VICE UK’s executive editor

Zing Tsjeng Photograph: Emmanuel Robert

• Love it or leave it – your guide to finding true work happiness

• How to turn you passion into a profitable business

Indulge your curiosity

• An evening at Tate Modern with Jonathan Jones

• A history of life on Earth: A masterclass on evolution with experts from the Natural History Museum

• How to identify and develop your personal style as a photographer

Foster new relationships

• Networking for people who don’t like networking

• Valentine’s Day fearless flirting tour with Jean Smith

Engage your brain

Paul Naylor Photograph: Robert Porter

• The bad feminist’s guide to being a better woman

• A brief history of the world: One-day MA with King’s College London’s top historians

• Storytelling with maps: Master the art of cartography and geo data visualisation

• The Changing Mind: A Neuroscientist’s Guide to Ageing Well with renowned neuroscientist Daniel Levitin

• The art of the crossword: How to solve clues and create your own puzzles