So
@marckohlbrugge gave me an idea
Check how all your food and health things affect your productivity
I log most of my work (and many other things) religiously on his site so it's easy to pull it from that
Good for my productivity:
🧑🏫 gym with PT +20%
🧈 low fat food % +16%
☀️ tan +16%
🏋️ gym +13%
🥵 high strain +13%
🍚 high carbs % +12%
🔥 low calories +10%
🥩 high protein % +9%
❄️ cool bedroom +8%
🌡️ warm bedroom +7%
💧 humid bedroom +6%
🧘 low strain +1%
😴 good sleep +1%
🧖 sauna +1%
Bad for my productivity:
🍺 alcohol −28%
✈️ travel long-haul −26%
🤒 sick −25%
🧈 high fat food % −24%
💆 massage −23%
🥩 low protein % −20%
🛩️ travel short-haul −18%
🔥 high calories −14%
🍚 low carbs % −12%
💻 coworking −7%
🏋️ gym solo −7%
🥱 bad sleep −6%
🛁 bath −4%
🥋 martial arts −2%
🌵 dry bedroom −2%
Most interesting for me is that days where I go to gym and have heavy strain are actually the days I am most productive (🧑🏫 gym with PT +20%). Even with 1 hour spent in the gym and another 30 mins showering after etc.
Then if you look at the worst for productivity: imagine having a life flying around all the time (✈️ travel long-haul −26%), drinking alcohol (🍺 alcohol −28%), overeating (🔥 high calories −14%) low protein (🥩 low protein % −20%) fat food (🧈 high fat food % −24%)
Also interesting coworking (💻 coworking −7%) with other people destroys my productivity (kinda obvious though but worth it for social)
Note: most of these are not significant so they're more directional hypotheses to test more and require more data (which I collect every day of course)
See correlations at