I recently detailed my system for Wordle.
I went on and on about how my system isn’t designed to solve the Wordle in a minimum number of tries. It’s designed to solve it within 6. There I was on my high horse about expectations and systems, wagging my proverbial finger, “Don’t expect an outcome it’s not designed for! If you don’t like the outcome, design a new system!”
And then it happened. I’d seen something similar one other time, as I mentioned, and I nailed it. I got excited.
My first word:
Wow! Opportunity! I got this in 2! Screw the system!
And then, womp, womp, womp…
I went off script, and it sucked me into the Wordle quicksand. The seemingly easy but actually tricky one-letter problem. Which is it?
If I’d stayed with the system, I’da had it in three.
Systems are designed to be followed. If you don’t like the outcome of your system, design a new system.
