Keep a decision journal to track which decisions you make and whether or not they align with your ethics.
Note: This is something I’ve heavily been thinking about.
Not tracking your progress is one of the six major mistakes I see people make in the gym.
here’s the thing: We all have areas of life that we say are important to us, but that we aren’t measuring.
What We Measure, We Improve
Count something. Regardless of what one ultimately does in medicine—or outside of medicine, for that matter—one should be a scientist in this world. In the simplest terms, this means one should count something. … It doesn’t really matter what you count. You don’t need a research grant. The only requirement is that what you count should be interesting to you.
The things we measure are the things we improve.
Our lives are shaped by how we choose to spend our time and energy each day.
Some people just love working out for the sake of working out. Measuring every repetition might reduce the satisfaction and make it seem more like a job.
Note: James Clear’s caveat to measuring everything.
Measurement won’t solve everything. It is not an ultimate answer to life. However, it is a way to track something critical: are you showing up in the areas that you say are important to you?