Living an Agile Life
When I was a kid my parents taught me to always have a plan and to always aim high. As a result, I have a master plan for life that I execute against. Things like losing weight, being a dedicated husband and father, coding nightly, retiring young, even this blog.
Like any kind of plan or project it must be flexible enough to change given new priorities or requirements. It also must have frequent results which can be measured (lbs lost, time spent, lines of code, posts and readership).
I’m probably not alone in this thinking, but I naturally apply agile methods to my life, just like I tend to apply them to software development. When some external problem comes up or I just get the urge to-do something new here’s my thought process:
- Does this change affect my other goals?
- How does this affect the priority of these goals?
- What goals can I postpone or drop to deal with this change?
The current economic situation has forced me to change some of my goals and priorities but having an agile approach to life, I believe, gives me the tools to handle it better.
Do you live an agile life too?
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