Group Rationality Diary, March 22 to April 4

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This is the public group rationality diary for March 22 - April 4, 2015. Here's the usual summary of what it's about:

It's a place to record and chat about it if you have done, or are actively doing, things like:

Established a useful new habit

Obtained new evidence that made you change your mind about some belief

Decided to behave in a different way in some set of situations

Optimized some part of a common routine or cached behavior

Consciously changed your emotions or affect with respect to something

Consciously pursued new valuable information about something that could make a big difference in your life

Learned something new about your beliefs, behavior, or life that surprised you

Tried doing any of the above and failed

Or anything else interesting which you want to share, so that other people can think about it, and perhaps be inspired to take action themselves. Try to include enough details so that everyone can use each other's experiences to learn about what tends to work out, and what doesn't tend to work out.

Thanks to cata for starting the Group Rationality Diary posts, and to commenters for participating.

Previous diary: February 15-28

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This is the public group rationality diary for March 22 - April 4, 2015. Here's the usual summary of what it's about:

It's a place to record and chat about it if you have done, or are actively doing, things like:

Established a useful new habit

Obtained new evidence that made you change your mind about some belief

Decided to behave in a different way in some set of situations

Optimized some part of a common routine or cached behavior

Consciously changed your emotions or affect with respect to something

Consciously pursued new valuable information about something that could make a big difference in your life

Learned something new about your beliefs, behavior, or life that surprised you

Tried doing any of the above and failed

Or anything else interesting which you want to share, so that other people can think about it, and perhaps be inspired to take action themselves. Try to include enough details so that everyone can use each other's experiences to learn about what tends to work out, and what doesn't tend to work out.

Thanks to cata for starting the Group Rationality Diary posts, and to commenters for participating.

Previous diary: February 15-28

Rationality diaries archive

Established a useful new habit

Smile more. Yes I know it helps more if you are an optimist and I'm just a realist - but a positive one to first derivative.

Obtained new evidence that made you change your mind about some belief
Decided to behave in a different way in some set of situations

Used have made a habit of writing very precise meeting minutes and even copied that into the info mail. But nobody read it. I still write minutes but only send links so when people follow the link they arrive at all the information. I also plan to focus on one single most important point in my mails to help focus people better on the key points.

Tried doing any of the above and failed

Tried a haircut I always wanted to try and failed. It was more flashy than planned. But this way at least I got quick feedback.

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Group Rationality Diary, March 22 to April 4

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This is the public group rationality diary for March 22 - April 4, 2015. Here's the usual summary of what it's about:

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Group Rationality Diary, March 22 to April 4

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This is the public group rationality diary for March 22 - April 4, 2015. Here's the usual summary of what it's about:

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