Taking more initiative socially - does it come back around?
Created by Rofellos Feb 03, 2011 | Category Relationships/Dating/Sex
Overview
Take the initiative in starting social interactions with others at work and in personal life for 2 weeks and see what effect it has on people initiating social interaction with me
- take opportunities to initiate small talk with others
- when others try to talk with me, take time to talk to them (no one w...
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- 4 new people who regularly initiates conversation with me (either water cooler type or work related but in a more friendly /relaxed manner)
- around 8-9 people who I work regularly/semi-regularly with - now when we do have meetings there are more joking around/ casual conversa... See more
Feb 26, 2011
4. eye contact and say hi to people I know when we're walking by each other, even if I've only barely worked with them before or were just in a big meeting together.
Feb 26, 2011
Improve "Black Ops" video game skills through focused practice
Created by Rofellos Jan 13, 2011 | Category Hobbies/Recreation
Overview
Work on one area of focus or one skill during each play session of Modern Warfare Black Ops video game multiplayer.
Example skills or focus:
- work on claymore placement, grenade timing and accuracy
- focus on close quarter combat, long distance shooting, etc
- focus on taking...
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Feb 06, 2011
I have to say the dedicated practice sessions have improved my play a lot... See more
Feb 06, 2011
Effect of Keeping Food Log on Nutritional Behavior Completed
Created by Rofellos Dec 24, 2010 | Category Diet
Overview
Keep a food log using Fitday.com for 4 weeks and note any changes in nutritional and dietary behavior. My hypothesis is that by tracking what I eat on a more detailed level it will produce:
1. a changing trend in calories and macronutrients consumed per day until it reaches a new "baseline"
> after first week mindfullness of what I'm eating wore off until it didn't consciously affect my food choice or portion si
Me too. I guess there are limits to simply being aware of something, and then we need to make changes to take action.
Jan 11, 2011
One future application of what I learned in this experiment is that I could do a short term food log (say ~ 5 days) every month or two and still be able to reap the majority of benefits I experienced (increased min... See more
Jan 13, 2011
