Round 2 Reassessment
The First Check-In
That’s it for the first sprint! Now it’s time to learn from the data and make adjustments as needed. The first 2-3 sprints will be invaluable for helping us understand what goals are realistic and attainable while also being ambitious and challenging.
If you knocked out everything on your list, great job!
That might be reason for adding a pursuit or shooting a little higher with current goals. Or, it might be confirmation that you’ve planned well. Remember we don’t want goals that are too easy, but achieving challenging goals fairly consistently is the recipe for success.
Did you hit some and mess some?
This is a perfect time to figure out some worked and some didn’t. For me, I was not even close to my reading goal. Looking back on the 18 days, I didn’t set apart specific time for it. I know going forward it won’t happen if I don’t plan it into my day.
If you didn’t hit any of them, it might be time to pare down your list.
It’s not a disaster and you shouldn’t beat yourself up. But you should use the knowledge gained to narrow your focus to one thing you can really pour yourself into over the next 18.
Good, bad, or otherwise, this is exactly why we’re breaking goals down into 18 Day Sprints. 5% of the year is gone, but 95% is still ahead of us. You haven’t failed at anything. So wherever you find yourself, take stock, revisit your goals, remember the core identity those goals are meant to serve, and gear up for the next 18.
My goals
Long term:
Read through the Old Testament this year (on track)
Read 15 books (not on track)
Finish repairing/updating/unpacking the house we moved into in 2023 (on track)
Build a side income (with a specific dollar amount in mind) (on track)
18 Days
Read the first 50 Psalms along with daily prayer journaling (reading done, journaling partially done)
Get through 180 pages (10/day) of The Brothers Karamazov, my first book of the year (not done)
Organize my tool closet (not done, though other projects were done. Half pass.)
Complete course and set up accounts for e-commerce project (done)
What about you — how was your first sprint?
I am on track on my declutter effort. I realized that the tactic I had set for my professional training was not possible to meet consistently and take care of other work. So I have modified that and modified my goal-expectation. I have learned that it is crucial that I look and and track these things every. day.