for the one who wants to test-drive a life before breakfast
Goal
Spend the first hour of the day testing one tiny version of a life you're considering.
Source principle
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.
The plan
- 📋6:00-6:05 AMPick last night's prototype idea. The one you wrote down before bed.
- ✍️6:05-6:10 AMWrite the 60-min goal in one line. What 'done' looks like.
- ▶️6:10-7:10 AMRun it. First thing. No email, no feed.
- 📊7:10-7:15 AMLog energy / engagement / flow at minute 60. 0–10 each.
- 💡7:15-7:20 AMNote one surprise. What was different from what you imagined?
- 🤔7:20-7:25 AMDecide: keep / drop / iterate. One word. No hedging.
- ✏️7:25-7:30 AMWrite tomorrow's prototype prompt. One line.
- 📅7:30-7:35 AMIf keep: schedule the next prototype. If drop: pick a new one tonight.