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Wonder, blunder, salve, solve! Working on tools that expand what people can think and do. Past: led R&D @KhanAcademy; helped build iOS @Apple.

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    1. Andy Matuschak‏Verified account @andy_matuschak Apr 3
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      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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    2. Andy Matuschak‏Verified account @andy_matuschak Apr 3
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      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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      Andy Matuschak‏Verified account @andy_matuschak Apr 3
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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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        1. Andy Matuschak‏Verified account @andy_matuschak Apr 5
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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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        2. Smerity‏ @Smerity Apr 3
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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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          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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        2. Nadia‏ @nayafia Apr 4
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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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        3. Andy Matuschak‏Verified account @andy_matuschak Apr 5
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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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        2. Michael Woods‏ @carpdiem Apr 4
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          Out of curiosity, what are the questions you ask yourself?

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        3. Andy Matuschak‏Verified account @andy_matuschak Apr 5
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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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        2. Ben Reinhardt‏ @Ben_Reinhardt Apr 3
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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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        3. Malcolm  🌎cean‏ @Malcolm_Ocean Apr 3
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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.

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