Ishan Khire

I've tried this experiment many, many times with varying degrees of success. Could twitter accountability be the thing that changes my life? Let's see. Experiment #2: Limit all types of screen Admittedly, I introduce maybe a bit too much complexity by starting two experiments at the same time, but whatever, the first one's small. Defining it: No screen means: no youtube, no twitter (except for posting updates about not going on twitter), no music, no TV, no instagram, no random internet blogs, etc. (stuff that clearly wastes time but isn't on this list counts too obviously). Hypothesis: Okay I don't actually know if Twitter accountability is super effective. I could just decide *not* to post the times I fail on social media. But the motivations behind this are a bit different. It's not so much that I'm creating a consequence for this, but more like I'm cementing this as my identity. I think that making blog posting an epic, long-term goal will be really

First public experiment blog post! I've written a private diary called "Life is a Science Experiment" for quite a while now, but for the first time, I'm experimenting by just blogging about my experiments publicly. This feels so exciting!! Why am I doing this? First and foremost, to increase the success rate on my experiments. Secondly, maybe someone reads this and is inspired to try their only experiment blog ( https://www.raptitude.com/ sure did for me). Experiment #1: Don't complain / say anything negative or sarcastic for 7 days Motivations: I want to experiment with how it feels to just not say anything negative. Don't trash on that new bad song or TV show. Or bad restaurant food. This just feels like an interesting initial experiment to run. I'm curious if this actually has any impact on my life.  Hypothesis: I suspect, if this succeeds, I will be somewhat nicer to be around. I will also be more mindful of what I'm saying, which is always good.