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August 12, 2020 by rwhitcomb@acm.org Leave a Comment

Your life is a series of systems.  Systems for working, systems for relaxing, systems for exercising, systems for everything.  I’ve been taught a lot of systems, from things like GTD, YNAB, BASB, etc, and I’ve tried to apply them in my life.  I’ve had varying success, but the lesson I learned was the need to adopt a system that suits you.  This applies to many areas in life.  All too often, we get told this system is the One True Way*, we set out to adopt it, and we fail, blaming ourselves.  The reality is more often there’s a mismatch between the system and us.  A good system does change us, but it makes the change “easy”.  A good way I think of this is squats with a barbell.  When done correctly, a squat is a smooth fluid motion that doesn’t have pain.  The challenge is lifting the weight, not the squat itself.  

 

  • This applies to all systems, including religion. 

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