{"id":3650,"date":"2013-07-05T09:16:25","date_gmt":"2013-07-05T13:16:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alifeofproductivity.com\/?p=3650"},"modified":"2021-12-04T20:15:04","modified_gmt":"2021-12-04T20:15:04","slug":"month-two-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chrisbailey.com\/month-two-recap\/","title":{"rendered":"Two months in, here’s how I’ve done!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Takeaway: <\/b>Month two was bigger and better than even month one<\/a><\/span>! I posted two big interviews along with a bunch of articles for Focus Week<\/span><\/a>, and wrote\u00a013,561 words. And perhaps most interesting of all, I just concluded my 10 Days of Reclusion<\/a><\/span> productivity experiment.<\/p>\n

Estimated Reading Time:<\/b>\u00a02 minutes, 51s. (And it’s skimmable.)<\/div><\/div>\n

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Are you serious? Really?
\nAnother<\/i> month has already passed?
\nGet out of here.<\/p>\n

I guess it’s time for another status update then! Here is all of the big stuff that happened over the last month.<\/p>\n

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Two huge interviews<\/b><\/h2>\n

The biggest news (to me) from the month is the two huge interviews I posted.<\/p>\n

1. I interviewed musician Ernie Halter<\/a><\/span><\/strong> about exactly how he stays so productive. The man writes over 100 songs a year, personally responds to every email he gets, and somehow finds the time to keep up with his massive following on twitter (500,000 fans and counting).<\/p>\n

2. I also interviewed world-renowned color psychologist Angela Wright<\/a><\/span><\/strong> about how you can use color to influence how productive you are. The answer to that question is absolutely fascinating.<\/p>\n

10 Days of Reclusion<\/b><\/h2>\n

I capital-H Hated<\/i> this experiment, but I learned an awful lot from it. From June 24th to July 4th I spent ten days in total reclusion, without any social interaction or sunlight. I wrote a big article with the top 10 things I learned about productivity in reclusion<\/a><\/span><\/strong>, and a smaller, but equally meaty article about how living under too much artificial light<\/a><\/span><\/strong> can affect your productivity.<\/p>\n

I also made a bunch of videos for the experiment, and I like how they turned out. There are videos for days: one<\/a><\/span>, two<\/span><\/a>, four<\/span><\/a>, five\/six<\/span><\/a>, seven<\/span><\/a>, and nine<\/a>!<\/span>\u00a0And there’s an audio update for day three.<\/p>\n

This experiment is what A Year of Productivity is all about.<\/strong> It’s one thing to write about productivity – anyone can do that – but I think it’s a whole other to live productivity and experiment with it. I have a lot more exciting experiments coming up, and I can’t wait to dive right into them and write about what I learn.<\/p>\n

Focus Week<\/b><\/h2>\n

The first week of June was Focus Week, a full week’s worth of articles dedicated to improving your focus. If you missed it, don’t worry – I posted a Focus Week article roundup<\/a><\/span><\/strong>. Over the week I investigated and wrote about: food, mind tricks, procrastination, meditation, multitasking, and exercise. If you’re looking to boost your focus, these articles will help.<\/p>\n

\"sideplant\"Some project stats for ‘ya<\/b><\/h2>\n

In June..<\/p>\n