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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?---Access the bonus episode: https://nudge.kit.com/64d1602e73Follow Patrick’s newsletter: https://www.justdostuff.co.uk/Read Patrick’s book: https://shorturl.at/pAy2hVisit 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