
“I’ll write down now that I'm speaking to you. On the day itself, he makes notes every 15 minutes to half an hour detailing where he is and what he’s doing – whether that is a simple metro journey, a class at his university or an interview with a journalist, like me. Each day’s entry begins the night before, when he will make a plan for the day ahead. Wouldn’t it be useful to have a more complete and concrete record of his life, he thought? Not only would it help him to remember more of his past it might also help him figure out how to live the rest of his life more effectively, and to make the most of his time.Īnd so he started to keep detailed log books of his every movement. The scientist, based at the Polytechnic University of Madrid, had just turned 40, and like many people after a milestone birthday, began to take stock of his life.

In February 2010, Morris Villarroel started an ambitious 10-year experiment.
