Once again, I am tinkering with my time management system.
A little background… the belt system set up here at 2Time Labs describes skills ranging from White, Yellow, Orange and Green belts.
It goes no further than these 4 skill levels because I wanted to be able to set higher belts, as they are discovered and articulated. Also, I gave myself room to grow by intentionally crafting at least one Green Belt element that I have not achieved. It means that while I talk about the wonders of Green Belt skills, that I do so from the vantage point of an Orange who one day hopes to claim not just one but many other, higher belts.
An essential practice to master to move up from one skill level to the next is a Review of my system, both in terms of the content that in it, and how well I am executing each of the 11 fundamentals practices. In the past I have left this review to happen on an ad-hoc basis, which simply means that it wouldn’t happen unless I led a live NewHabits program — I learn a lot about my personal system, and where it’s faulty when I have to teach a course.
As soon as I started the review I realized that my profile needed to be updated. Some practices were stronger, while others were weaker but I’m not sure if that’s due to the improved tools I have for analyzing each practice, or because I have changed habits over time.
Here is my current profile — those who have taken either MyTimeDesign or NewHabits training programs would know what
In keeping with the 2Time Labs convention, I am an Orange belt, which is the lowest belt on my chart.
It’s easy to slip back down to a lower level, and destroy one’s piece of mind. I learned that when I do my review, I am able to catch these slips much earlier, hopefully preventing a bigger problem from happening.
Unfortunately, there was a slip in Tossing when I learned that users have a bad habit of maintaining empty folders in Outlook. Back I went to an Orange Belt when I learned how many empty folders I currently have, a practice that is simply unsustainable.
Maybe this is what progress looks like… taking steps to move forward and backward as more/better information becomes available about the higher belts.
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