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By Justin G. on 25APR14MON

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A la Le Cunff’s recommendation, here are N tiny experiments that I am running this week.

1. Collect data so that I can reduce the number of RSS feeds I am following that I am not getting much out of. RSS feeds tend to proliferate in my habit and then I review the crop daily and get less and less out of it overall. I assume this is a FOMO thing, or just a consumer mindset? So, this week only (Sunday to Friday), I am starring any article that I either open or linger on. At the end of that, I will review the feeds that have no stars and remove some. Notice that I am not being strict about it. At the end, I’ll report back how that worked, did I remember to mark the stars, how many feeds were culled, did it feel effective. That sort of thing.
2. Writing wise, I will try a schedule. Nothing onerous, but I will set a time to do it, just 3 times this week. I will set aside 3 schedule slots, appointments, of 30 minutes each and write during that time. At the end, I’ll report back how I got along with the writing, if I see potential for a set time to work for me, how do I see using that as a tool for more writing.

So that’s it, the experiments this week.

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