No Diet Diet Days 15 & 16

Phase 3 of the no diet diet required that I answer an extensive questionnaire about my ‘people’ habits and ‘doing’ habits in order to establish my next step. I had a medium people score and a high doing score so I had to select 2 tasks from the people list and 5 tasks from the doing list. In addition to these tasks I must do two additional tasks from a list of 26 options. I can do these tasks in any order so long as I complete them within the week time frame.
Day 15 I decided was my first ‘people day’. I chose the listening task. I was to listen very carefully to what people actually said: no interrupting, offering solutions or opinions, and no guessing what they were on about before they finished talking. Listening in this manner is a lot harder than it seems. I often had to stifle the urge to anticipate where a speaker was heading and interrupt jumping the conversation ahead.
Day 16 I made my first ‘doing day’. I had to change the way I would normally do something. I chose the go and read outside option. This is something I would rarely do in the summer and wouldn’t even consider at this time of year. But it wasn’t actually raining so I slipped on a jacket and went and read outside. The experience was pleasant and though I’m not sure it’s one I’ll be repeating too often, certainly I’ll try it again.