When I launched my first experiment, I reached out to different groups to ask if people wanted to join in either what I was doing, or their own thing. It could help with accountability (and give me an extra post). Three of my friends agreed to share what they were trying to do.
Nitesh in his own words:
“I reduced my time spent on YouTube and Reddit for a week.
I won't give any gyaan on how I did it or why should anyone else do it. Your time is yours to spend. This is just the list of positive things I was able to do with my added time.
1. Spent more quality time with Girlfriend and Family.
2. Wrapped up office work everyday. No backlogs, no pushing stuff out to the end of the week.
3. Spent a few hrs on upskilling myself.
4. Spent a few hrs getting in touch with some friends.
5. Went shopping for fresh veggies and fruits from the local market. Takes hardly 40mins. But huge positive impact on lifestyle. When you can have a variety of 7-8 fruits, you don't crave Swiggy as much.
6. No Swiggy Week! Cooked food instead of ordering when the cook didn't turn up.
7. Hit my target steps and active mins every day.
8. Rearranged my wardrobe. I can finally use all my clothes instead of the 5 at the top of the pile.
Looking back it's insane how much more I could get done with the extra time.
Aiming to make this the new normal now.”
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N: “I'm going to get to the gym before 7:30 AM three days a week. On rest days, I'll start my workday before 7:30. I'll allow for occasional disruptions due to external factors (e.g. vet appointment, maintenance work at home etc. )”
the review: “Not too bad. Mon: got to the gym at 7:15. Tue: had dentist appointment at 8. Wed: Failed, got to the gym too late. It was already crowded. Thu: got to the gym at 7:20. Fri: Got to work at 7”
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M: “Trying to go to gym 3-4 times a week, started last week. Been 3 times. Gonna see if I can keep it up this week too”
the review: “I went to gym 3 times last week, Mon, wed and Fri. Almost same times, 315pm or 430pm. Gonna try 4x this week. Mon, tue, thu, fri. I'll update next week”.
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Loved the response!!