Phone locked to max 5 mins TikTok and max 20 mins Instagram (for over a year now I think!)
Going great! Highly recommend. Have someone else set the password
Update: deleted on phone and now use leechblock with 5 min for all socials combined / hour max on computer, and now I also use very low saturation all the time
Ask out a random person on the street
Write down the situations causing negative emotions/ bad habits. try to find patterns and alternate solutions
No silent elevator rides
Run Tue, Thu, Sat for the rest of the semester(11/18) update and running a couple times a week since
Thinking more about what the other person wants & giving more of that
Improving my singing! Doing chicago and next sing and random acapella with Shreya
Must touch phone for 5 Mississippi before clicking FAILED
arghhh the dopamine, also super hard to remember
Try out for as many clubs as possible (rejection therapy) SUCCESS (did 6 dance groups, 2 acapella groups, 1 frat)
5/9 success rate
Never tell anyone anything that happens to me (except work related or emergencies), no photos, for 1 week (started 7/10) COMPLETED as a test of if I only do crazy things / creative learning things for the story
Can’t say much, but was refreshing and would do again
Fully track time for 1 week
Very interesting! Recommend
Pointing north whenever I remember to for 1 week (started 3/12) to become better at directions COMPLETED
I didn’t get any better at it
Prove everything assumed in my Linear class (started 2/6) COMPLETED (most)
Always recommend this in all math classes
Don’t ask for anything for a day (3/21) challenged by Tinah FAILED
I keep on forgetting! Just in casual “Hey could you look at this photo etc”
Diary at least 1 sentence a day for 1 month, include happy moments (started 3/18) challenged by Nora FAILED
I haven’t been as inspired to diary since COVID (and being more lonely) since I prefer to tell people. I guess you reading this this is a version of a diary.
Listening to Love on Top by Beyoncé before any focused work session to build a focusing habit (started 2/6) challenged by Zach COMPLETED
3/18 Don’t feel an association with the song yet, but the ritual of saying “I’m going to work now” seems to work
Will continue work vibe type habits
Vegan for 1 week (started 2/5) challenged by Ryan COMPLETED with a couple of mistakes
I continue to be vegetarian (except if meat would not cause more suffering ex: would be thrown away)
Easier than I thought in the dining hall
Phone black and white extended 2 weeks (started 1/26) FAILED
Too annoying
Phone black and white for 1 week (started 1/26) challenged by Alex COMPLETED
I want to do this again next time I feel too phone addicted
Old but a favorite: met 50 strangers with Isabelle!