A Subtle Way to End a Year

I believe in the power of retrospection. As Soren Kierkegaard, beautifully phrased, life can only be understood backward, but it must be lived forwards. I truly believe this. The first digital tool I’ve shipped is self-reflection and conducting course correction. In aviation, there is a rule called 1 in 60 law. To explain the one in 60 rule, you are off course one degree for every nautical mile you would be off-course if you had traveled 60 miles. In brief, retrospection matters.

The general tendency to conduct a personal annual review is to do it as the year ends. Which is how I…