Reserve Fridays for Biz Reading / Great Thoughts time
Created by Brock Tice 9 days ago | Tags business
Overview Reserve Friday mornings for my weekly review and general system maintenance, and Friday afternoons for business-related reading and 'great thoughts' time. See experiment
8 days ago
7 days ago
Record personal informatics with your.flowingdata
Created by Brock Tice Jun 22, 2010 | Tags twitter, informatics
Overview Use your.flowingdata with Twitter to record daily events. The point is to get a personal informatics habit going. Once it's established, I'd like to go on alternating baseline periods with experimental periods. This will give me real data on how my experiments are affecting my life. See experiment
10 days ago
7 days ago
My desperate attempt not to get more cavities in my teeth
Created by Brock Tice 10 days ago | Tags dentistry, oral hygeine, chlorohexidine, fluoride
Overview
Per several regular trips to the dentist, I seem to have some weak spots on my teeth, probably from hardly ever flossing when I had braces. Somehow they are lately causing me problems. I'm using (at my dentist's recommendation):
Chlorohexidine rinse to brush, twice a week, and
Prescription-strength ...
See experiment
7 days ago
Have magnet implanted in finger
Created by Brock Tice May 03, 2010 | Tags body modification, magnets
Overview Have a magnet implanted in my finger, like this guy: http://feelingwaves.blogspot.com/ so that I can feel electromagnetic fields. See experiment
Jun 25, 2010
Jun 25, 2010
Try having a VA monitor and filter my email Completed
Created by Brock Tice May 24, 2010 | Tags email, outsourcing, va
Overview Hire one or two VAs and have them check my email twice a day. I'll provide a list of rules, and have them (a) notify me immediately of urgent things by phone (b) take care of everything they can via my rules and their judgement and (c) call me at the end of the day with a list of things that ultimately need my attention.... See experiment
Jun 22, 2010
Jun 23, 2010
Run and Meditate First Thing Completed
Created by Brock Tice Feb 04, 2010 | Tags fitness, meditation
Overview Every weekday morning, I will meditate and run (running will slowly be ramped up from every other weekday to every day) before doing any of my other work. See experiment
Jun 22, 2010
Jun 23, 2010
Use Elance for a Commercial Programming Project
Created by Brock Tice Mar 04, 2010 | Tags programming, outsourcing, elance, android
Overview I have some programming projects on the back burner (i.e. Someday) that could yield commercial success if I ever had a chance to implement them. First among those is an Android app for doctors suggested by my wife. I'm going to try to get it done via Elance. See experiment
Jun 03, 2010
Jun 04, 2010
Improve Sleep Hygeine Completed
Created by Brock Tice Oct 05, 2009
Overview
1) Cut back on caffeine. 2 espresso shots, 2 cups of tea, or 1 french press coffee per day. I'm allowing myself a second espresso shot in the afternoon for weaning purposes at the beginning. <b>ADDENDUM: No caffeine after lunch</b><br/>
2) Go to bed when I feel the most rapid increase in sleepiness...
See experiment
May 18, 2010
May 18, 2010
Extreme Batching - Intentionally Creating a Weekly "Vacation Tax" Completed
Created by Brock Tice Dec 31, 2009
Overview The idea of a "vacation tax" -- catching up on things that have piled up while away -- is now a common one. But wait, batching is good! It lets you focus on the task at hand and make gruntwork more efficient. Is it possible and beneficial to intentionally create a weekly backlog of things to batch? Maybe! I'm g... See experiment
Mar 25, 2010
Mar 26, 2010
Using Positive Affirmations to Improve My Attitude Completed
Created by Brock Tice Nov 10, 2009 | Tags happiness, positivity, attitude
Overview I will create and maintain a list of positive affirmations about my life and the things that I currently tend to feel negative about. I will regularly (at least once per day) read them aloud and with conviction. See experiment
Feb 04, 2010
Feb 07, 2010


