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A year-long happiness experiment: Try one new thing a week (did it work?)

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This behavioural scientist spent one year doing a new thing every week.

He tried acupuncture, gambling, day-trading and dancing.

He visited Just Stop Oil meetups, cuddle workshops, and psychic readings.

He killed a chicken, drank breastmilk, and bungee jumped.

Did it make him happy? (And is there science to back up his ideas?

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Sources:

Aronson, E., & Mills, J. (1959). The effect of severity of initiation on liking for a group. Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology, 59(2), 177–181.

Boothby, E. J., Clark, M. S., & Bargh, J. A. (2014). Shared experiences are amplified. Psychological Science, 25(12), 2209–2216.

Van Boven, L., & Gilovich, T. (2003). To do or to have? That is the question. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 85(6), 1193–1202.

Yang, Y., Liu, R.-D., Ding, Y., Lin, J., Ding, Z., & Yang, X. (2024). Time distortion for short-form video users. Computers in Human Behavior, 150, 107192.

Access the bonus episode: https://nudge.kit.com/64d1602e73

  continue reading

243 episodes

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Manage episode 484906100 series 3361492
Content provided by Phill Agnew. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by Phill Agnew or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://staging.podcastplayer.com/legal.

This behavioural scientist spent one year doing a new thing every week.

He tried acupuncture, gambling, day-trading and dancing.

He visited Just Stop Oil meetups, cuddle workshops, and psychic readings.

He killed a chicken, drank breastmilk, and bungee jumped.

Did it make him happy? (And is there science to back up his ideas?

---

Access the bonus episode: https://nudge.kit.com/64d1602e73

Follow Patrick’s newsletter: https://www.justdostuff.co.uk/

Read Patrick’s book: https://shorturl.at/pAy2h

Visit Patrick’s website: https://www.patrickfagan.co.uk/

Sign up for my newsletter: https://www.nudgepodcast.com/mailing-list

Connect on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/phill-agnew-22213187/

Watch Nudge on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@nudgepodcast/

---

Sources:

Aronson, E., & Mills, J. (1959). The effect of severity of initiation on liking for a group. Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology, 59(2), 177–181.

Boothby, E. J., Clark, M. S., & Bargh, J. A. (2014). Shared experiences are amplified. Psychological Science, 25(12), 2209–2216.

Van Boven, L., & Gilovich, T. (2003). To do or to have? That is the question. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 85(6), 1193–1202.

Yang, Y., Liu, R.-D., Ding, Y., Lin, J., Ding, Z., & Yang, X. (2024). Time distortion for short-form video users. Computers in Human Behavior, 150, 107192.

Access the bonus episode: https://nudge.kit.com/64d1602e73

  continue reading

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