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Current Experiment

Current experiment: zero caffeine for 31 days.

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I think caffeine's been making me anxious. So: 31 days cold turkey to find out—no tapering.

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31-Day Caffeine Free Experiment

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Previous experiments

A decade of experiments like this one.

🧘 Meditating for 35 hours in a week → 🥱 Making myself bored for a month → 📵 My phone, 60 minutes a day → 🧠 Taking a week-long think week → 🦴 Living like a caveman for a month → 📺 Binge-watching Netflix for a month → 🎤 A week of watching TED talks → 🗂️ Every experiment, one page →

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Intentional — How to Finish What You Start, by Chris Bailey

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Setting goals is easy. Following through? A whole lot harder.

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