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

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

Nudge

May 26, 202528m 27s

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Show Notes

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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