365QOD- Day1228

Do you Track Everything?

“That which is measured can be controlled”- my belief

In my Moleskin grid notebook, every day I keep a log of what I plan to do and what I actually get done.  Until a year ago I had separate notebooks for professional and personal tracking.  Then I realized that my life needs to be in one place so I just simply inserted my personal tracking next to my work tracking.  It has been very helpful to only have one notebook to look at. I usually fill out two of these notebooks per year.

Each day I track the normal dimensions: physical, spiritual, emotional, and mental.  In addition I track focus, urgency, discipline, creativity, learning, the good, the bad, and risk I take.  In addition I track my weight, the food I eat, and self-judged amounts.

So I am a tracker?   I can sit at the end of the year and look at patterns in my work performance and life performance. 

One thing that I need to add to my list is financial tracking.  I believe that most of us focus poorly on our financial state.  It is almost as if we expect someone else to do it for us.  No excuse but ignorance costs too much.  So I will add it to my daily tracker format.

By tracking anything, you will bring focus to that area and can look for ways to improve.  Without tracking everything is left to chance.

Today’s question is:

“What in your life should be tracked?”