Experiment 1 : Creating Positive Change
Following Shawn Actor's Ted Talk, The Happy Secret to Better Work; I will start a 21 day experiment around creating positive change in my life. I will use this platform to write my daily notes, and experiences.
Goal : See what the brain is actually capable of.
Start Date : 14 Oct 2020
End Date : 4 Nov 2020
- October 14, 2020
Gratitudes - Dad Petrol, Mom Chilli Sauce, New Shirt
Journaling - Change brush head and charge it
Exercise - 31:22 Minutes, 1.77 Miles, 17'42'' Mile
Meditation - Yes, 10 mins
RAAK - Reddit Gold - October 15, 2020
Gratitudes - Cleanliness workers, Mom laundry, Manager guidance
Journaling - Winning discretionary prize
Exercise - 34:50 Minutes, 1.95 Miles, 17'48" Mile
Meditation - Yes, 10 mins
RAAK - Ovenmagick Guard - October 16, 2020
Gratitudes - Electricity board employees, BSides Workshop, Gimlet Media
Journaling - Snuck in an extra morning walk during power outage
Exercise - 31:09 Minutes, 1.82 Miles, 17'05" Mile
Meditation - Yes, 7:30 mins
RAAK - Took Pliant Call - October 17, 2020
Gratitudes - Project Zero Blogs, Security Guards at park, Prime delivery
Journaling - Found my first address sanitisation bug in 5.9 kernel
Exercise - 32:52 Minutes, 2.01 Miles, 16' 21" Mile
Meditation - Yes, 12 mins
RAAK - N/A Unfortunately - October 18, 2020 - RAAK Suspended for other experiment
Gratitudes - New shoes holding up in rain, My cat, Boston food
Journaling - G2 3-0 GenG Quarters at Worlds
Exercise - 33:13 Minutes, 2.00 Miles, 16'33" Mile
Meditation - Yes, 10 minutes - October 19, 2020
Gratitudes - My employer, Pluralsight Go lang, Carnegie Mellon GDB
Journaling - Mentoring session
Exercise - 35:12 Minutes, 2.01 Miles, 17'27" Mile
Meditation - Yes, 9 minutes - October 20, 2020
Gratitudes - Eric Schmidt, Brian Thompson PizzaAtMcDs, Public Restrooms
Journaling - Progress with Go
Exercise - 35:30 Minutes, 2.00 Miles, 17'40" Mile
Meditation - Yes, 9 minutes - October 21, 2020
Gratitudes - Career coach. Masks, Among Us
Journaling - Monginis Dinner
Exercise - 38:12 Minutes, 2.00 Miles, 19'04" Mile
Meditation - Yes, 10 minutes - October 22, 2020
Gratitudes - Tor, Sandwich grill, Nata de coco
Journaling - Finding joys in little things, taking breaks, clearing the head
Exercise - 35:14 Minutes, 2.06 Miles, 17'06" Mile
Meditation - Yes, 9 minutes - October 23, 2020
Gratitudes - Oracle Cloud, AirPods, Cat Litter
Journaling - Set up VPN, OS again
Exercise - 35:02 Minutes, 1.79 Miles, 19'33" Mile
Meditation - Yes, 8 minutes - October 24, 2020
Gratitudes - Tor bridges, Education, Privacy advocates
Journaling - CatsOnKeyboards
Exercise - No, exhausted + g2
Meditation - Yes, 8 minutes - October 25, 2020
Gratitudes - Jalebi, Sunday traffic, Shorts
Journaling - Coffee drain
Exercise - 40:57 Minutes, 2.12 Miles, 19'16" Mile
Meditation - Yes, 17 minutes - October 26, 2020
Gratitudes - Amazing lunch, Good shoes, Robert Greene
Journaling - Dov Charney full story
Exercise - 47:51 Minutes, 2.12 Miles, 22'42" Mile
Meditation - Yes, 18 minutes - October 27, 2020
Gratitudes - Friends, Healthy meals, Nikolas Tesla
Journaling - Planning College finances
Exercise - 40:04 Minutes, 2.22 Miles, 17'59" Mile
Meditation - Yes, 7 minutes - October 28, 2020
Gratitudes - Airpods, 30 Minute Delivery, Vets
Journaling - Pizza Dinner
Exercise - 30:25 Minutes, 1.66 Miles, 18'19" Mile
Meditation - Yes, 9 minutes - October 29, 2020
Gratitudes - Paycheck, Leftover pizza, Syzkaller
Journaling - Bryant Gibbs Test
Exercise - 42:13 minutes, 2.23 Miles, 18'54" Mile
Meditation - Yes, 9 minutes - October 30, 2020
Gratitudes - Xiary, Ludwig, Charlie White
Journaling - Taking a break
Exercise - No
Meditation - Yes, 10 minutes - October 31, 2020
Gratitudes - Halloween, League Worlds, Podcasting
Journaling - Possible Covid scenes
Exercise - No
Meditation - Yes, 8 minutes
Shortcircuiting the experiment a few days early because of COVID-19