Note: This is a draft from an entry I wrote in my phone. I should finish it soon.
I've been thinking about the good measure between measuring what matters and the troublesome process of measuring.
For instance a Spanish YouTube shared his thoughts about the Oura Ring or the Apple Watch which gives you a lot of info about your health.
But if you know all that and you don't take any action, why measuring in the first place.
2 años usando Oura Ring ¿Vale la pena?
Probé el Oura 4 y pasó esto...
I've found that behavior in many profesional places. Some satisfaction surveys were made to employees, but at the moment of taking decisions it wasn't worth the investment to address them. Over time employees started to think that these surveys were useless, so they started to only say what leaded to less problem.
Yeah, there are a lot of problems on measuring things, like the [Measuring Paradox](https://www.coglode.com/nuggets/measurement-paradox) "We enjoy the things less when we measure them" or the Goodhart Law "When a measure becomes a target, it stops being a good measure".
But at the end we always say "You can only manage what you can measure"
So, how about logging but not trying to control? That is accepting not trying to change a lot just accepting it.
I used to have an Excel spreadsheet with all my income and expenses every month. Every spent cent, and income. I even made a tool to scrap the bank reports.
After a year I realized that I didn't do anything with that info. I didn't get more income nor spent less. It was an illusion of control.
But there are other good things I was measuring and doing well.
https://medium.com/we-are-systematic/the-measurement-problem-part-3-desperate-measures-49d79e1ed24d
You can measure from two sides. The actual amount, and the change. And also you can measure I value (I have 300 bucks) and the speed (I'm spending 300 bucks every month VS every day).
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