The Great Wake-Up Week 2: Let’s go outdoors

The experiment for Week 2 is to spend the first 10 minutes of every day outside.

Watch the Week 2 Experiment video here

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READ Chris Baréz-Brown's introduction to The Great Wake Up! here

JOIN Chris Baréz-Brown for The Great Wake-Up! event in London on 6 January

FOLLOW The Great Wake Up! bloggers at lifelabs.psychologies.co.uk/channels/297-the-great-wake-up

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