Don't just do it - write it down

Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

How many of us have gone to a seminar and not taken a single note in our agility notebooks. I'm guilty.

How often have we gone to class, had a lesson, gone home, and the next day said, I screwed up in "fill in blank" and will spend 3 sessions today working on it. I know that often, I go home and totally blank out on what I did.

When I train with Moe and Nancy, they encourage us to write things down. At first I thought, why, hey, I'm doing this for fun. But now I realize that documentation tracks progress. Without keeping track, often we don't improve in the little things.

I'm becoming a tracker with my weight loss and exercise. I write down everything I eat and all the exercise I do. This week I'm also going to track my dog training as well as my dog fun. I'm courious whether fun exceeds training, or my concentration on training exceeds fun.