Post on 07-Feb-2017
QUANTIFYING MY MENTAL AND EXPERIENTIAL STATE
Tahl Milburn
November 2016
Quantified Self Meetup
“If your life is burning well, poetry
is just the ash.”
--Leonard Coen
My name is Tahl Milburn (biz@tahl.net)
I’m the creator of LIAM, the Life Automation system.
I’m also the CTO of a digital wellness startup.
LIAM HAS THREE DIMENSIONS
LifeChronicle™ Chronology of my life
LifeState™ Current state of my life
LifeConsole™ Planning & control of my
life (e.g., home auto)
STATUS OF EACH DIMENSION CAN BE QUANTIFIED
LifeChronicle™ 6860 days * Past
LifeState™ LifeScore 92 * Present
LifeConsole™ (tbd) Future
* As of 14-Nov-2016
TODAY’S TALK TOUCHES ON LIFESTATEDIMENSION; BASED ON A MODEL
Personal
Functional
Interactional
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THE STATE OF A LIFE (I.E., LIFESTATE) CAN BE DESCRIBED BY ITS 9 ELEMENTS
Physical Mental Spiritual
Assets Vocation Interests
Experiences Relationships Community
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LIAM CURRENTLY ADDRESSES 6 ELEMENTS; 2 TOUCHED ON TODAY
Physical Mentaldiscussed today
Spiritual
Assets Vocation Interests
Experiencesdiscussed today
Relationships Community
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EACH LIFESTATE ELEMENT IS REPORTED DESCRIPTIVELY PLUS IT HAS A “SCORE”
This score is weighted, added to other elements and my
“LifeScore” is the sum
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Assets Vocation Interests
Experiences Relationships Community
Formatted Scored as
• Know the state of my life at a glance
• It’s easy to see when something major has changed
• It motivates me to improve the score
Various graphs
Home page
Granceable
devices
WHY HAVE A LIFESCORE?
MY LIFESTATE ELEMENTS AND LIFESCORE OVER TIME
One day
(Actual data)
Let’s next talk about the Mental element
of LifeState
STATE OF MIND CAN BE DESCRIBED BY 3 THINGS; EACH CAN BE MEASURED
1. What I know *
2. What I think *
3. What I feel
My Mental Self
* Not yet implemented
MOST BASIC WAY OF MEASURING FEELING IS BY VALENCE
Tahl, how’s
it going?
The DOW hit
50000! I’m
great! (+2)
Oh, my toe
hurts. (-1)
I’m good.
What are you
up to? (+0)
I CAPTURE MY VALENCE (AND OTHER BITS) 1+ TIMES A DAY
I use a website, mobile app, WiFi connected
device or 3G connected device.
(Note: My company provides this technology)
MY VALENCE FROM THE LAST 60 DAYS LOOKS LIKE THIS
Example: Mother serious health issuesDiamonds
indicate
associated words
Moving average
shows me a trend
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MANY ANALYTICS ARE PRODUCED AS WELL
Analytics include:
mean, volatility, trend (7d,
21d), match to standard
distribution, and others
(all actual data)
EACH ANALYTIC PRODUCES A SCORE
Each analytic is also scored,
weighted and totaled for an
overall score
(all actual data)
THAT WAS HOW I MEASURE THE MENTAL...
(Actual data)
Let’s next talk about the Experiential
element of my LifeState
STATE OF EXPERIENCES CAN BE DESCRIBED BY 5 THINGS; EACH CAN
BE MEASURED
1. Where I have experiences
2. How I spend my time
3. What I do (categorically)
4. What is significant
5. Who participates
My Experiential Self
Note: These correspond to five of the six interrogatives.
IT’S ALMOST 100% AUTOMATIC
Determined by:
1. Authorization status of my home (or cabin)
2. Both vehicles have trackers
3. Phone has tracker plus all pics have embedded GPS
4. Sign-in to my website (with browser location enabled)
MEASUREMENT IS COMPARING ACTUAL TO TARGET
Determined by:
1. Home too much?
2. Not traveling enough? Too much?
3. How much diversity in the travel locations?
4. Etc
HOW I SPEND MY TIME
This is a typical
day.
It shows percent
of hour spent by
broad category of
activity.
HOW DOES LIAM KNOW...
• I’m asleep? Fitbit, I
say goodnight
• Recreation?
Recreational tasks,
use of DVD player
or console, etc.
• Office? Sent
email, call, office
task, etc.
TODAY WAS AN OVERVIEW OF LIAM AND SOME DETAIL ON LIFESTATE DIM
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Assets Vocation Interests
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LIAM:
LifeState
LifeConsole
LifeChronicle
BASED ON FEEDBACK FROM MY QS15 PRESENTATION, I BUILT A PRODUCT
AROUND VALENCEYou are welcomed to use it at no
charge. Sign-up at
http://selfstate.io.
BASED ON FEEDBACK FROM MY QS15 PRESENTATION, I BUILT A PRODUCT
AROUND VALENCEYou are welcomed to use it at no
charge. Sign-up at
http://selfstate.io.
It’s a B2B2C product, currently in
a medical trial. We hope to
capture, measure and
communicate the subjective
experience of people with
chronic health conditions.
THAT’S NOT ALL THOUGH...
Eventually, we’ll commercialize
many aspects of LIAM under the
company LifeState.
Stay tuned!
FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT
• Always interested in talking to QSers
• Really interested in investors, healthcare providers, potential founders / employees
Contact
• My name is Tahl Milburn
• You can reach me at biz@tahl.net