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Here’s what I learned living like a caveman for a month

by Chris Bailey | May 16, 2016 | Productivity Experiments | 0 Comments

Takeaway: Modern humans evolved from hunter-gatherers over the last 2.5 million years. Because of this, we thrive best when we adopt some of our ancestors’ habits: getting enough physical activity, sunshine, social interaction, sleep, and nutrition....

Experiment: Living Like a Caveman for a Month

by Chris Bailey | April 4, 2016 | Productivity Experiments | 7 Comments

Takeaway: For the month of April, I'll be living like a caveman—moving 5-9 miles a day, getting as much sunlight as possible, eating like a caveman, and sleeping on my hardwood floor after sunset—to see what impact this has on my productivity....

Last month I made every New Year’s resolution under the sun. Here’s what I learned!

by Chris Bailey | January 11, 2016 | Productivity Experiments | 9 Comments

Takeaway: Productivity is nothing without intention. But there are countless obstacles that can get in the way of what we intend to accomplish: temptations, not adapting as conditions change, not forming strong enough goals, and not anticipating...

Experiment: One Month of New Year’s Resolutions

by Chris Bailey | December 3, 2015 | Productivity Experiments | 8 Comments

For the month of December, I have designed a massive productivity experiment to do a deep dive into everyone's favorite (or in some cases, least favorite) topic this time of year: New Year's Resolutions. Regardless of whether or not you make them, you've got to admit...

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The top 10 things I learned meditating for 35 hours last week

Last week I meditated for 35 hours as a productivity experiment. Here are the top 10 things I learned!

Chris Bailey Jul 28, 2013 13 min

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Live-updating stats for my week of meditation experiment

Click through for live-updating stats for my week of meditation experiment, where I'm spending 35 hours meditating.

Chris Bailey Jul 24, 2013 1 min

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This week, I’m meditating for 35 hours as a productivity experiment

This week I'm going to meditate for six hours every day to dive deep into how meditation can make you more productive, and then share everything I learn with you.

Chris Bailey Jul 22, 2013 3 min

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The top 10 things I learned about productivity living in reclusion for 10 days

Over the last ten days I lived in complete reclusion to figure out the connection between people and productivity. Here is everything I learned.

Chris Bailey Jul 4, 2013 10 min

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10 Days of Reclusion: Final video update!

It is almost time to shed a tear for the passing of this 10 Days of Reclusion experiment (I'm free tomorrow at 5pm!), but thankfully, not before one last video.

Chris Bailey Jul 3, 2013 1 min

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10 Days of Reclusion: 5 things I’m doing to not feel like $#!†

My sleep quality, energy levels, motivation, and mood have all been affected by my reclusion productivity experiment. Here are five ways I'm trying to fix that.

Chris Bailey Jul 1, 2013 1 min

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An Ode to the Dehumidifier

As promised in my Day Four video for my '10 Days of Reclusion' experiment, here is an article I wrote about my dehumidifier. (No, I am not going crazy.)

Chris Bailey Jul 1, 2013 4 min

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10 Days of Reclusion – A Funny (and Somewhat Depressing) Day 5/6 Update

I'm not going crazy down here - no, that wouldn't be like me. But I am very close to going crazy, as you can see from this weekend update for my 10 Days of Reclusion experiment.

Chris Bailey Jun 30, 2013 1 min