Coaching practices for I Set the Intention and Then Just Hope I'm Doing it I Never Check So a Week Later I Have No Idea Whether I Followed Through and How I'm Doing Rides Entirely on Whether I Happen to Feel Good About Myself That Day

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• I set the intention and then just hope I’m doing it
• I’m convinced I’ve been mostly sticking to it, but when I’m honest I’m really remembering my intentions, not what I actually did
• I genuinely intend to do the thing
• I genuinely mean to do it, but the day swallows it every time and “I’ll get to it” never actually turns into doing it
• I genuinely intend to do the thing, but the day just fills up and suddenly it’s night and I never found the moment

Practices that may help

1. Use self-regulatory goals and progress monitoring
   Set specific goals, monitor your progress toward them, and adjust based on the gap.
   Social Cognitive Theory
2. Measure to close the feedback loop
   Record the behavior so you see what you are actually doing, not what you assume.
   Habit Tracking
3. Set if-then implementation intentions for goal behaviors
   Specify when, where, and how you’ll act — not just whether you intend to.
   Hyperbolic Discounting — Why Future You Always Gets the Short End
4. Write when, where, and how plans for every behavioral goal
   Specify exactly when, where, and how you will act — not just what you intend to do.
   Action Planning
5. Make it obvious with an implementation intention
   Pre-decide the when-and-where: “I will [behavior] at [time] in [location].”
   Atomic Habits, Made Practical
6. Run a regular review cadence
   Check in weekly and score at cycle-end so the OKRs stay alive instead of forgotten.
   OKRs for People, Not Just Companies
7. Close with a forward-looking resolve
   Choose one concrete intention to carry into tomorrow before closing the review.
   The Ignatian Examen: Five Movements of Daily Review
8. Scheduled, recurring check-ins
   Fix a standing time to report progress, not "whenever we get a chance."
   Accountability Partners
9. Score your weekly execution
   Rate the percentage of planned actions you completed each week, and aim high.
   The 12 Week Year, Made Practical
10. Evaluate your three outcomes at day’s end
    A brief end-of-day check against your three outcomes closes cognitive loops and reveals what planning adjustments to make tomorrow.
    The Rule of Three for Productivity, Made Practical

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