#Things to consider
- Any uncertainty or curiosity can be turned into a pact, from exploring a new hobby to learning a new skill, gauging a potential career path, or trying out a new routine.
- What makes a pact so effective is that it focuses on your outputs (e.g., “publish 25 newsletters over the next 25 weeks”) rather than your outcomes (e.g., “get 5,000 newsletter subscribers in 25 weeks”).
- Many people use Plus / Minus / Next for their weekly review.
- Plus / Minus / Next is what binds action with reflection. It’s the feedback after practice, the thinking that comes after doing, the debugging of life as it unfolds. Filling your weekly page shouldn’t take more than five minutes. A few bullet points, and you’re done. The column that should take the longest is the one titled “Next,” as you should take some time to reflect on what happened the past week to decide where to focus during the following week.