This is definitely an interesting take on tracking, and if the goal is to exercise mindfulness in a few chosen areas of life, it can definitely work well.
I found this quote by James Clear incredibly fitting - it has not occurred to me that maybe one should spend some time questioning whether they are even tracking the correct thing considering the actual goal they want to achieve.
For instance, when writing a novel, tracking word count seems like a no-brainer, yet there is actually only one phase of working on a novel where word count matters, which is writing the first draft. And even then one often needs to take a break from writing and use a writing session for planning, outlining, reassessing the direction, staring at the wall...
No, progress on the novel-writing thing is way more complex than "x words down on paper".
I guess that's why, among many other things, I have given up on tracking. It makes my lil brain hurt ;)
Yes, that's exactly what I also find so fitting about Clear's quote! Any project we tackle, just like novel-writing, is so much more complex and can't really be reduced to a number.
That's how tracking can backfire - and yeah, I totally get it that you're not interested in it. The more I think about it, the more I'm convinced that tracking is sooooo subjective: for some people it's great, for others not. It's not inherently a "good" or "bad" thing to do. It depends from person to person.
Let me put in this way:
...maaaaybe? ;)
This is definitely an interesting take on tracking, and if the goal is to exercise mindfulness in a few chosen areas of life, it can definitely work well.
I found this quote by James Clear incredibly fitting - it has not occurred to me that maybe one should spend some time questioning whether they are even tracking the correct thing considering the actual goal they want to achieve.
For instance, when writing a novel, tracking word count seems like a no-brainer, yet there is actually only one phase of working on a novel where word count matters, which is writing the first draft. And even then one often needs to take a break from writing and use a writing session for planning, outlining, reassessing the direction, staring at the wall...
No, progress on the novel-writing thing is way more complex than "x words down on paper".
I guess that's why, among many other things, I have given up on tracking. It makes my lil brain hurt ;)
Yes, that's exactly what I also find so fitting about Clear's quote! Any project we tackle, just like novel-writing, is so much more complex and can't really be reduced to a number.
That's how tracking can backfire - and yeah, I totally get it that you're not interested in it. The more I think about it, the more I'm convinced that tracking is sooooo subjective: for some people it's great, for others not. It's not inherently a "good" or "bad" thing to do. It depends from person to person.
I love the experiment! Great out of the box thinking!