I recently stumbled on the blog of Timothy Ferris, author of the Four Hour Work Week. The concept of Lifestyle Design Intrigued me much, apart from sounding cool too. I decided to try my hand at It And so I chose the eye gazing experiment for a start.
A little background on It first. Eye Gazing was the brainstorm creation of Michael Ellsberg and went on to become a rage In New York being featured In the New York Times, CBS news, ELLE magazine et al. It's a lot like Speed Dating but without the superficial conversation. Couples stare into each others eyes for 2 minutes without a word. Now that sounds about as intimidating as It probably Is. Imagine staring at a random stranger and being stared back, and then doing it 20 times during the course of one night.
Which brings me to what I'm attempting to do. For the next 48 hours I am going to test gazing into the eyes of other's, particularly strangers till they break eye contact. It Is a social experiment designed to broaden your sphere of comfort by propelling you Into doing something uncomfortable and then overcoming the discomfort. Try It for yourself and let me know your experiences.
Saturday, March 29, 2008
My Foray Into Lifestyle Design
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4 comments:
i would love to try this experiment out. i love intimdating ppl.... and its a good 'social experiment' hehe.
SOCIAL EXPERIMENT!!!!hummbugg!! u just wanna stare at people under the guize of lifestyle design tests!
otherwise seems really interesting...though dont get too close , there might be chances of getting conjunctivitis.
are you gone psycho!!? So you're basically gonna try stalking people huh.. i bet you're gonna get beat up someday.. soon
It was a little disconcerting at first but I managed to get through the 48 hours with my limbs intact. Onward I march towards the next experiment!
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