Three years ago, I wrote about ditching New Year’s resolutions for user stories. I promised to follow up on how those stories played out. I never did—until now. What happened between then and now? A cross-continental move. A Master’s degree. Mental health struggles. And some decisions that fundamentally changed who I am and what I value. Some of those decisions I’m proud of. Others caused more pain than I would have ever expected....
A while ago I had a brainwave when reading about the Agile Software Development best practices. I’ve recently found this idea somewhere in my todo lists and decided to finally give it a try, especially given the fact that my new year’s resolutions never worked for me. 👉 The idea: forget new year’s resolutions, write user stories for your life instead. Before I go in-depth on why I think you should write something akin to user stories for your life plans, since it’s barely the beginning of January 2022 let’s look at why new year’s resolutions are not the way to go (at least in my opinion)....