We all make mistakes.
It’s part of being human.
Chances are, most of us have repeated a mistake many times.
Still, I was looking for something simpler and less time-consuming.
It needed to be a system that could fit into my already busy schedule.
What is the Daily Shower Review?
Every day, taking a shower forces me to slow down and not do twenty things simultaneously.
So I came up with a system to let me do just that.
When you’re out of the shower, write it down.
That’s it, no more thinking about it, go on with your day.
Repeat this method every day for a week.
At the end of the week, you’ll have seven big mistakes in your list.
See if any of them are repeats.
In my experience, at least one repeats.
Let’s call this the Weekly Mistake.
For the second week, just concentrate on not repeating your Weekly Mistake.
I use a simple Google spreadsheet to track the mistakes.
The first column is the date and the second column is the mistake.
That’s it, nothing more.
Don’t over-complicate the system, justtackle one objective at a time.
Your daily ritual of a showerserves as a triggerto start the system.
It’s uncomplicated and doesn’t require much input.
It breaks down your job into one clear, actionable goal at a time.
These factors make it easy to adopt and stick with the system.
Somehow, acknowledging those mistakes as mistakes feels like progress and calms the mind.
Stumbling Blocks and How to Get Over Them
We tend to look for patterns.
I also wasn’t prepared for the recurrence of a mistake that I thought I had fixed.
It takes some time tofix bad habitsand a week might not be enough.
Don’t worry too much if it recurs.
Just list it again that week and tackle it if it’s the big item.
If it isn’t, then you’re already showing progress!
The first two days, I tried to consciously not make a mess, but that didn’t work.
Hopefully, that holds true for you too.
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