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I break a Trello board into four columns: 1. Habits which have some weekly frequency (meditate 10 mins 3x/w) and are all aligned to one or more... 2. Goals wh

I break a Trello board into four columns: 1. Habits which have some weekly frequency (meditate 10 mins 3x/w) and are all aligned to one or more... 2. Goals which are measurable (complete 3 headspace packs) and all align to... 3. Values which are unique to me (mental health) which agree with... 4. Principles or rules of nature which apply to everyone (better mental health leads to more happiness, happiness leads to better life quality) I create a board every quarter to re-adjust my values, goals, and habits.

nihlaak 8y ago
I do something similar but not very structured. I've got a few questions: * Do you represent the alignments (e.g. goals aligning to values) in the board somehow, or is that you just in your head? * Do you track progress on 2-4, or just on the actual execution of habits? If so, how? * Are the values (3) just a subset of (4)?
- chillacy 8y ago
  Nice. I could talk all day about this stuff. I represent goal/value alignments by assigning each value a label and labeling each goal. For instance mental health might be blue, professional competency might be yellow, etc. Tracking depends on the specific thing. Most habits I track in an iOS app called Streaks. For skills which require introspection to improve, I keep a journal right in the trello entry for that specific habit. For instance if you play a musical instrument and you get feedback from a teacher weekly, you may want to journal that. Values & Principles were later additions (I only added principles in the last year). The distinction is that values are specific to a person while principles are broad. For instance a lot of people agree in the principle that giving back to the community leads to deep happiness in the long term. But some might choose to do it by teaching python to kids, others might make dance tutorials on youtube. My thought is: values do change over time as we get older or re-prioritize things in life, principles should be more steady. And it's useful to ground our values to reality. Granted it's probably impossible to write down principles objectively, but I think it's worth a shot, even if to remind us that our values are only that: things we value, not necessarily others, who are all on their own journeys. https://medium.com/the-mission/the-difference-between-principles-and-values-789b95452422 https://medium.com/the-mission/the-difference-between-princi...

nihlaak 8y ago

I do something similar but not very structured. I've got a few questions: * Do you represent the alignments (e.g. goals aligning to values) in the board somehow, or is that you just in your head? * Do you track progress on 2-4, or just on the actual execution of habits? If so, how? * Are the values (3) just a subset of (4)?

chillacy 8y ago
Nice. I could talk all day about this stuff. I represent goal/value alignments by assigning each value a label and labeling each goal. For instance mental health might be blue, professional competency might be yellow, etc. Tracking depends on the specific thing. Most habits I track in an iOS app called Streaks. For skills which require introspection to improve, I keep a journal right in the trello entry for that specific habit. For instance if you play a musical instrument and you get feedback from a teacher weekly, you may want to journal that. Values & Principles were later additions (I only added principles in the last year). The distinction is that values are specific to a person while principles are broad. For instance a lot of people agree in the principle that giving back to the community leads to deep happiness in the long term. But some might choose to do it by teaching python to kids, others might make dance tutorials on youtube. My thought is: values do change over time as we get older or re-prioritize things in life, principles should be more steady. And it's useful to ground our values to reality. Granted it's probably impossible to write down principles objectively, but I think it's worth a shot, even if to remind us that our values are only that: things we value, not necessarily others, who are all on their own journeys. https://medium.com/the-mission/the-difference-between-principles-and-values-789b95452422 https://medium.com/the-mission/the-difference-between-princi...