Issue 0014: A Simple guide to iteratively redesigning your life.

Observe, Design, Improve

Observe

Identify friction in your life. It can be as small as what you do first thing in the morning. Ask yourself the hard questions that get to the bottom of WHO might be causing friction (hint. It’s probably you!). WHY this friction occurs and why it needs to stop. WHERE this friction happens, and WHAT the root cause is.

Design

Brainstorm ideas that are in line with your points of friction. Think through as many ways as possible to eliminate that friction, bypass it all together or delegate it. Choose your best solution and establish a time line and how the success of this change will be measured.

Improve

Track and test the experiment. How satisfied are you with the changes? What observable change have you noticed. Use that as data to determine what can be improved upon. Keep experimenting.

You are the designer of your days.

By midlife, most of us have built a real life. A career. A family. Habits. Responsibilities. Routines that shape how we live.

Some of it fits beautifully. Some of it sure as hell doesn’t.

That is what my latest journal post is about:

Midlife by Design (Part 1 of 2)

It’s about using design thinking, iteration, and strategic planning to redesign your life with more intention in the second half.

If you’ve been feeling restless, scattered, or like parts of your life no longer fit, this one is for you.

Part 2 is coming soon.

More Soon,

T.A.M.