🚀 Bias-to-Action Prototype Day | Study Template

for the one with three lives on paper and zero run this month

Goal

Run three tiny prototypes back-to-back in a single day and log what surprises you.

You can't think your way into a life; build forward through small real-world tries. : from Designing Your Life by Bill Burnett & Dave Evans.

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7:30-8:00 AM
Settle in. Coffee, no devices. Today is three prototypes, not three plans.
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8:00-8:30 AM
List three lives you've been imagining. One line each.
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8:30-9:00 AM
Design the smallest real-world version of each. Two hours max.
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9:00-11:00 AM
Run prototype #1. No research. Just doing.
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11:00-11:15 AM
Log energy / engagement / flow for #1. 0–10 each.
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11:15 AM-1:15 PM
Run prototype #2. Same honesty.
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1:15-1:30 PM
Log energy / engagement / flow for #2.
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1:30-2:30 PM
Lunch + walk. Let the data breathe.
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2:30-4:30 PM
Run prototype #3. No skipping.
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4:30-4:45 PM
Log energy / engagement / flow for #3.
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4:45-5:30 PM
Pick the one that felt most alive. Just one.
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7:00-7:30 PM
Calendar a deeper prototype for the winner. Real date.

One built day, three real-world data points. That's the prize.