Great operationalization post! It made me slightly update towards having a weekly review, although my daily habits of journaling and my natural tendency to try to clarify what I’m doing already give me some of the benefits.
This is obviously not a problem that can ever be solved. But one thing I find interesting is that often my mistakes are obvious and can be fixed, if only someone points them out! Indeed, often I can notice my mistakes, if someone just prompts me to stop and consider what I’m currently getting wrong. The problem is not some deep, ineffable mystery in the world, but rather just that I am not stopping to ask myself the right questions.
My main tool for this is having a weekly review—a routine where I set out a regular time to reflect on my life, how it’s going, and what I want to change. A routine that makes reflection the default in my life. When people are getting started on debugging their life and ask me for first steps, this is one of my main recommendations—I find it extremely useful, and I think it’s a key basis for noticing your mistakes and actually doing something about them. This post is my case for why this is a worthy habit, and how I think about implementing it.
I agree that reviews or writing about your life is great for this, but sometimes the best thing to do is just to talk to someone IMHO.
Great operationalization post! It made me slightly update towards having a weekly review, although my daily habits of journaling and my natural tendency to try to clarify what I’m doing already give me some of the benefits.
This reminds me of the advice to just do the obvious things.
I agree that reviews or writing about your life is great for this, but sometimes the best thing to do is just to talk to someone IMHO.