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Putting Self Growth to the Test November 16, 2006

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After a month of effort in creating this blog/website from scratch I’m starting to see this process forming into a new direction. And that is to not only write about tips and thoughts about improving reality, awareness and gratitude towards life, but to also put it all to the test and then write about my experiences.

There are lots of information to be found elsewhere on the same issues that I take up in this blog, but very few of them actually report in first person perspective how much effort it takes to apply them, how much they really improve the quality of your life and if it’s all worth it in the end. Here are some of the examples of what I’ve been thinking about doing.

I’ve decided on adapting a polyphasic sleep pattern during the Christmas holidays. Briefly put, instead of sleeping once per day in an eight hour chunk I would be sleeping six times per day with 20-30 minute naps. If you want to know why it strikes me as a good idea, expect an article about it sometime in December.

Another idea I’ve been contemplating is a Dale Carnegie Experiment, where I would each week strictly follow a principle in “How to Win Friends and Influence People” and every Saturday report my results for you to read. Some of them are tougher to apply in everyday interactions so I might squeeze two or three principles for one week as well.

I’ve also received all of the books I ordered and one of them, “Brain Building in just 12 Weeks”, as stated follows a three month schedule. The test would then be to read the book according to the plan, follow the advice in it and at the end go check my IQ on a test provided by Mensa. As many of the other books I ordered also concern personal development, those would also be put to the test.

If you’ve found the topic of lucid dreaming interesting, then stay tuned for further updates. It’s no easy task turning lucid and although during this experiment I’ve had four experiences, they haven’t been very long in duration or great in significance. Practice makes perfect. I just have to try and clear my mind from trivial clutter and focus on more essential tasks like tuning into my intuition and subconsciousness, which isn’t that easy for a newbie.

Things are a bit hectic a month onward, but at least I have the time to do some planning for the next year. I really want you as a visitor to comment on what kind of experiments you want to read about. There are of course plenty of other topics I have in storage waiting to receive their content - about 60 at the moment. I’d also appreciate it greatly if you rate some of my entries as that’s the only way they will start appearing in their own pages in a descending order.