But I also do a quarterly review. I ask myself ~the same questions as in the monthly reflections, but over a longer time horizon. Looking back now, I see that in 3 of the 4 last quarters, I’d been thrilled (and surprised) by how much I’d achieved and how well things were going!
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One common pattern each quarter: “3 months ago, I wasn’t even thinking about XYZ, but now I’ve done XYZ++!” It’s odd that my quarterly reflections are so consistently bright, while my monthly reflections are so consistently glum. I’m not sure how to explain this contradiction!
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Many rightly asked: so why do the monthly reviews? Unfortunately, they also yield useful insights! e.g. I might reflect that I'm spending too much time on "duty," and I'll plan some changes to try in the next month. I think it's the evaluative, KPI-ish stance I need to drop.
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I would love to adopt a similar review system! Do you mind sharing more about the method or systems you have in place to facilitate the review?
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What system do you use to log your activities so that you can review against your goals? I’ve done something similar where I kept a word doc of my accomplishments at work so I could reflect on them and later reference them during a performance review
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Daily journal notes, which get summarized in weekly plan notes, likewise in monthly, quarterly, yearly.
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@kristijan_ivanc really interesting. Worth keeping in mind so we can buffer any monthly disappointment -
Yeah, or do quarterly instead
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I do weekly/monthly reviews and see the same trend. I would say, in my case, shorter periods hurts retrospective abilities. Weeks are too short and the focus is in the now, and now varies a lot. Monthly gives me the opportunity to reflect deeper.
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My explanation to myself (borrowing Taleb's idea of the Noise Bottleneck): Like the Market, if you check it every day you are going to see/feel the ups and downs, but if you check on it in larger time spans you'll see the trends...
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