“My biggest monitoring challenge was my urge to monitor myself selectively, because it’s tempting to record only my virtuous moments. On the other hand, when I feel as though I haven’t made much progress, monitoring is a reminder of what I have accomplished. **Progress, not perfection, is the goal**. I’m a gold-­star junkie, and I love scrolling back on my UP report to see that I exceeded my 10,000-­step goal, **but I also know that 5,000 steps are better than 1,000**. A Secret of Adulthood (cribbed from [[Voltaire]]) is “Don’t let the perfect be the enemy of the good.” Monitoring makes it possible to remember everything I’ve accomplished.” --- **Tags** -- [[quotes]], [[dashboards]] , [[habits]] , [[routines]] , [[perfectionism]], **Source** -- [[20240806084000 - B - Better Than Before]]