One year of experimenting on myself

Over a year ago, I wrote about doing weekly experiments on myself. I’m still at it. Almost every Monday, I decide which experiment to run that week.

Here are some of my favorites:

• Ask one question every meeting
• Strict time blocking (including planning Slack time)
• No carb-only snacks
• Throw out/donate a bag of junk every day (only lasted 2-3 weeks but it was great)
• No caffeine (more about that)
• Never take my phone out of the living room
• Give someone a random shout out in Slack every day
• Don’t eat bread
• Message or text someone I haven’t spoken to in at least a week, every day
• Stop saying the word “like”

Some of them I’m still doing (like the strict time blocking) and some I ditched right away (like 20:4 fasting and taking baths instead of showers). But I’ve learned from each one.

Run an experiment on yourself next week and see what you learn.