I went to the yard the other day and found so much dog poo. Where did all this come from? When did they have time? Have I really not picked up in this long? Small steps add up quicker than we realize, both positive and negative.
Positive
Incremental progress with deliberate practice
- Weeding the garden and fixing things around the house
- Code debt, refactoring abstractions
- Exercise
- Not drinking
- Tool sharpening
- Reading
- Projects
- Cleaning dog poo
Negative (unless your job/hobby)
- Time on media
- Time gaming
Best to make persistent, validated, incremental steps with emperical results, both in the maintenance of future negatives, and the pursuit of cumulative positives.