Ideas for rapid iteration

I have taken over a new project at work. Apart from a slide deck, there is almost nothing to go on. A sales colleague wondered why I had not started adding prospective clients. I asked, puzzled, “I do not even know my role yet. What would I be offering them?” Without a clear starting point, I chose to build a framework: which tools to use, how to use them, what my role is, and what the process should be.

It is enjoyable and difficult at once. I have a lot of freedom, but also plenty of room to doubt myself. I remind myself that a job is, in part, a chance to learn while being paid. A lower salary has limits, of course, but for now I am focused on what the experience can teach me.

I have also been looking at my physical routines as part of that foundation. Here is a schedule I drafted for a fasting experiment. Its notes about physiological effects are my working assumptions, not measured outcomes:

# A 24-hour fasting plan (16.5 hours fasting, 7.5 hours eating)

Main rules: no calories for 16.5 hours; eat during a 7.5-hour window.
At meals: vegetables, then meat or eggs, then carbohydrates.

19:30 — Stop eating; begin a water-only fast.
23:00 — Sleep.
08:30 — Get up. Have black coffee or unsweetened green tea; read aloud for one hour.
11:45 — Have a glass of warm water with a spoonful of apple cider vinegar.
12:00–12:30 — Lunch: vegetables, then protein, then carbohydrates.
14:00 — Write the daily thousand-character post.
18:30 — Dinner: eat enough and limit added sugar where possible.
19:30 — Stop eating again.

Daily check:
[ ] From 19:30 to 12:00, did I keep the planned 16.5-hour fast?
[ ] At 08:30, did I complete an hour of reading aloud?
[ ] At lunch, did I follow the water-and-vinegar and food-order plan?
[ ] Afternoon writing: focus ___/10; fatigue ___/10.
[ ] This morning’s skin and complexion: ____________________.

There are other urgent things I hope to start or finish this month. I want to work quickly, finish well, and keep revising how I do both. This year, I intend to take making things seriously.