If you are fearful of offending people go to an online or in person marketplace and start low-balling people...
That… is a great idea and I can see how to expand on it into other arenas.
Since I posted this question I’ve been working primarily on strategy and through that have realized improving my productivity would be a wise decision. Since they seem so intertwined (productivity is the strategic use of time and resources) I’ve split my time up into 40% strategy, 40% productivity, 20% execution of other goal-oriented tasks.
I’ve drafted some ways to measure progress:
Productivity
Largely derived from: Thank you notes from my future self.
If I could go back and redo the work, how long would it take me to make the same amount of progress? Divide the time-to-redo by the original duration.
Ex. I spent 4 hours writing a draft. Looking back I could have saved 1 hour by researching more thoroughly before starting to write. Score: 75% efficient.
Tracking Method
Record what I did during the day in the evening.
Score it with the above method and add a hidden confidence score.
Score it again 3 days later.
Track the difference for calibration.
Ask why that score was selected.
Also Track:
Time spent working.
Consistency of adhering to my work schedule: 5 days a week.
Strategy
Tracking Method
Rate of changes to strategy guide. (little iffy on this one).
I win more than I lose. (Games, negotiating, etc.)
Goals accomplished.
Thanks again for the advice.
I suppose the next step after passing the desire test, would be to actually verify that the goal will, in reality, provide that thing I imagine makes me go mmmm by researching and testing.
I imagine walking around dressed like a doctor and telling people I’m a doctor. Adding M.D. to my online dating profile, job shadowing, going to neighborhoods where doctors live, luring some doctors into my van, learning to sew, digging a pit in my cellar, and buying some night vision goggles and buying a bunch of lotion...
Luckily, I don’t want to be a doctor.