the lost money question that gets asked weekly, answered properly
the lost money question that gets asked weekly, answered properly. Change my mind, genuinely — I have no stake in being right about this. Chased the scale instead of the measurements for a year and made myself miserable for no additional progress. Went up too fast because the scale had stalled and I was impatient.…
Left up. It is honest, it is specific, and somebody at that exact point will read it.
Left up.
Adding the thing that would have caught it earliest — buy small and test before committing.
Adding the thing that would have caught it earliest — buy small and test before committing.
mei_cardoso is right that it was procedural. The procedure was not written down anywhere for you to follow.
Agreed — somebody is at exactly the point you were at, reading this, and it will land differently for them than any success story.
Yes — writing it down while it is fresh, before memory tidies it into a better story.
Same. The thing that went wrong for me was procedural and boring and it cost me a lot.