Progress doesn’t come after we’ve figured out the perfect system. Progress comes one step at a time, incrementally, over the long haul. A desire for completion is usually a desire for perfection. We need a strategy to replace our desire for perfectionism. I call this strategy iteration. To iterate means to perform repeatedly, to repeat a procedure, applying the result of the previous application to the next one. It’s technically a math term, but it applies beautifully to our busy life at home, which is so full of details and needs.
