Decoding Your Behavioral Data

How to Decipher the Message Behind Your Micro-Experiment: Day 3 of 3 of the Micro-Reinvention Challenge

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Welcome to the third and final day of the Micro-Reinvention Challenge! 🎉

So far you’ve pinpointed the part of your life that feels most stale and decided on one small change to breathe life back into it.

Today we're wrapping it all up with a look at how to decode your reactions as you go through the “Just This Week” experiment we introduced yesterday. (You might discover some surprising things about what you actually want.)

Before we dive in, here’s a little recap of all that we’ve covered together over the past few days:

• Day 1: Notice What’s No Longer Working

• Day 2: Nudge Yourself Toward One Small Shift

• Day 3: Name What That Shift Reveals About What You Want (You Are Here)

*Sips tea* Let’s begin!

Name What the Shift Reveals

The purpose of your Just This Week experiment isn't necessarily to stick with the change forever – it's to gather behavioral data about yourself. A single week of consistent action can reveal whether something feels natural, needs extra support, or isn't worth keeping right now.

If you’re following along as this challenge goes live, you can still pull useful insights after just one day of your experiment. But we also encourage you to come back to this post after your full week for even richer data.

Step 1: Track Your Reactions

Each day of your experiment, take a quick mental snapshot before, during, and after you do the action:

• Before: How do you feel approaching it? Eager, resistant, or neutral?

• During: What's your energy like? Engaged, going through motions, or actively uncomfortable?

• After: How do you feel having done it? Satisfied, unchanged, or somehow worse?

The pattern across these three moments matters more than any single reaction.

Step 2: Decode What Different Reactions Mean