Every month I review my goals and reflect on my progress, practices, and mindset. Looking back, I note that in 7 of the 9 last months, I was pretty disappointed in myself. There were always lots that wasn't going to plan. Everything always took longer to finish than I’d expected.
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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'm glad you do this and have similar challenges to me re: reflection! I'd be curious your format. I keep a purposefully simple spreadsheet. I've found it helps recall small successes that I might fail to otherwise. I should perhaps add a monthly written reflection as well.pic.twitter.com/xIXdd2e7oF
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At least for my aspirations, prose is crucial. I find that spreadsheet-izable KPIs miss much of what I care about. More:https://twitter.com/andy_matuschak/status/1246847792636551170 …
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Same. I now think of it as: always track what you're doing (weekly/monthly), but save the analysis and reflection for longer horizons (quarterly/yearly). Otherwise too short to build meaningful narratives
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I really like the track/analyze distinction. I find that weekly/monthly course changes in response to those reflections really *are* helpful, though, and really do add up! I wouldn't want to make those changes only quarterly. Not sure how to have my cake and eat it too.
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Out of curiosity, what are the questions you ask yourself?
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roughly: 1. What did I do this [period]? 2. How did I live this [period]? What did it feel like to be me? (socially, emotionally, intellectually, creatively) 3. Looking at what I intended to do and the way I intended to be, what's the diff? 4. What do I want to try?
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It might be a manifestation of the human tendency to overestimate how much we can accomplish in the short term and underestimate how much we can accomplish in the long term with consistent effort. Usually I see it in the context of 1 vs 5 years, maybe it's timescale independent.
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Haha yeah my take is that somehow paradoxically-fractally it's true on multiple scales. As
@andy_matuschak notes, that's partially due to unknowns: you'll do more than you intended, but lots of it will be different than what you intended to do Also nonlinear effects. - 1 more reply
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