The highest ROI activity I've done for my happiness isn't meditation, nootropics or psychedelics.
It's a note on my iPhone that takes 10 seconds to build.
Here's the 4 steps:
It's a note on my iPhone that takes 10 seconds to build.
Here's the 4 steps:
Step 1: Create a table in Apple Notes
Create a table that acts a mood log.
Apple Notes works better than a spreadsheet because it's frictionless.
You can access it in seconds by pinning it to the top of your notes.
Create a table that acts a mood log.
Apple Notes works better than a spreadsheet because it's frictionless.
You can access it in seconds by pinning it to the top of your notes.
Step 2: Log your mood
Log it in the note whenever you're in a good mood or a terrible mood.
Capture the following:
1. The date
2. How you feel
3. The cause of how you feel (e.g. Alcohol, exercise, friends)
*Would add more detail than below.
Log it in the note whenever you're in a good mood or a terrible mood.
Capture the following:
1. The date
2. How you feel
3. The cause of how you feel (e.g. Alcohol, exercise, friends)
*Would add more detail than below.
Step 3: Analyse your happiness assets and liabilities
Once you have entries of 5+ dates, you'll notice a trend of your main happiness and misery causes.
The beauty is it's just raw data of MANY present moments.
You no longer act on how you feel in ONE present moment.
Once you have entries of 5+ dates, you'll notice a trend of your main happiness and misery causes.
The beauty is it's just raw data of MANY present moments.
You no longer act on how you feel in ONE present moment.
Step 4: Environment design
I then plan the week and design the environment based on the data:
1. Double down on the happiness causes
2. Eliminate the misery causes
Be like Steve Jobs taking over Apple before it goes bankrupt. Be ruthless about eliminating.
I then plan the week and design the environment based on the data:
1. Double down on the happiness causes
2. Eliminate the misery causes
Be like Steve Jobs taking over Apple before it goes bankrupt. Be ruthless about eliminating.
The beauty of the mood log system is:
1. It's not prescriptive. It's based on your personal data. What might make you happy might make another person miserable. 0 guru tactics.
2. You're detached from the present moment and can see many present moments.
1. It's not prescriptive. It's based on your personal data. What might make you happy might make another person miserable. 0 guru tactics.
2. You're detached from the present moment and can see many present moments.
3. It compounds. If something has made you happy or miserable 20+ times, it's impossible to bullshit yourself anymore
4. You invest in environmental design, which makes good decisions easy to make and bad decisions hard to make
4. You invest in environmental design, which makes good decisions easy to make and bad decisions hard to make
5. It evolves over time. What made you happy last year may make you miserable this year. You can change course based on new data
6. It's so obvious. Any marketer would find it crazy to not have analytics of their business - but WE don't have analytics on their happiness
6. It's so obvious. Any marketer would find it crazy to not have analytics of their business - but WE don't have analytics on their happiness
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