Rationalist Lent

Qiaochu_Yuan

It's that time of year again. Pick something to give up for 40 days as an experiment / comfort zone expansion. Post about it here. Good luck and have fun!

Edit: For anyone who wants it, here are some prompts for brainstorming things to try giving up (set a 5-minute timer for the brainstorm):

What takes up too much of my time?
What takes up too much of my attention?
What in my life is most out to get me?
What superstimuli am I most attracted to?
What in my life feels the most like pica?

And also for anyone who wants it, here are some concrete suggestions for things to give up, in no particular order:

Video games
Smartphones
Facebook, Reddit, etc.
Sugar
Caffeine

It's that time of year again. Pick something to give up for 40 days as an experiment / comfort zone expansion. Post about it here. Good luck and have fun!

Edit: For anyone who wants it, here are some prompts for brainstorming things to try giving up (set a 5-minute timer for the brainstorm):

What takes up too much of my time?
What takes up too much of my attention?
What in my life is most out to get me?
What superstimuli am I most attracted to?
What in my life feels the most like pica?

And also for anyone who wants it, here are some concrete suggestions for things to give up, in no particular order:

Video games
Smartphones
Facebook, Reddit, etc.
Sugar
Caffeine

I'm giving up Twitter and Reddit.

I've actually been off of both for a few days now. I was planning to take a week hiatus, but it's going well (I'm more focused), so I'll keep going through Lent.

5alkjash9y

On the other hand this seems to be a useful strategy to slowly upgrade the value of your leisure time, e.g. facebook => netflix => reddit => lesswrong.

6Qiaochu_Yuan9y

I think Facebook if used properly can be a lot more valuable than Netflix and plausibly more valuable than Reddit, but yeah.

I think Facebook used properly is probably about as valuable as Reddit used properly.

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