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The Experiment

Most of you probably don’t know me, and a great chunk would probably don’t care. But let me tell you a bit more about myself. 

I’m a psychology graduate -- took it up because it’s fun. It has actually equipped me to survive the working world. Now while my career seems to be in order, my lovelife appears to suffer a whole lot. And because I felt like I have good enough knowledge to project-manage my career, I thought maybe I should do the same to my personal life. 

I started a small project years ago entitled Project Spaghetti -- origin of the name now eludes me. But the concept was that I wanted to see patterns in my choice of partners. It houses a great deal of data, dating as far back as 1999. It contains information such as:

1. Maximum Turnover - the longest duration I’ve been in a relationship

2. Turnover Rate - the average duration I change partners

3. Maximum Vacancy - the longest duration I’ve been without a partner

4. Vacancy Rate - the average duration between partners

5. Scatterplot of Intimacy Level versus Relationship Category

6. Standard Deviation of Age Gap

I’ve actually discovered a lot about myself after doing that study -- a lot of eye-openers and a couple of I-wish-my-eyes-didn’t-see-that. 

It got me to the point where I figured I need to make some changes in how I act in and view relationships. 

You see, I’m “dating” someone. The air quotes would tell you how confusing the “relationship” really is. And because I want to do it right this time, let me apply what I know at work and project-manage this partnership. So let me initiate the project first, scope it out, plan it right, and calculate the risk. 

I’ll share the update in my next post... 

Chessa, ang Prinsesa ng Sablay