In software development and project management, we moved away from the " Waterfall " method years ago. We realized that planning a massive, year-long project in advance was a recipe for failure because life is unpredictable. Instead, we use Agile . We work in short bursts called "Sprints" (usually 1-2 weeks), and at the end of every sprint, we hold a Retrospective . Most people treat their health like a Waterfall project. They set a New Year's Resolution (the plan) and then blindly grind away for 12 months, rarely stopping to assess if the plan is actually working. As a Manager of Quality, I run my life in one-week Sprints. Every Sunday, I hold a personal "Sprint Retrospective." I ask three specific questions to debug my operating system. 1. What Went Well? (The "Keep" Pile) First, we analyze the wins. You need to identify what variables contributed to success so you can duplicate them. Data Point: "I hit my protein goal 7/7 days."...
Nearly twenty years ago, I started a blog called The Path is Too Deep, a geeky reference to a rare computer error message. A great deal of life has happened since then, a life I would like to share. So, here again, are some random bits of unfiltered Chris.