Perhaps six months from now I'll find this Rule of Life not quite right, and needs to be adjusted. Maybe some of the elements are too rigid, and I constantly keep forgetting to do some of them. Perhaps some are too easy, and so I'm not growing. So then I'll reassess them and come up with a new list. A business writes down where it is, sets goals where it would like to be, and continously evaluates where it is on that path.
Businesses get the feedback of customers and staff, and fine tunes where it is going.
Following a Rule of Life faciltates what could be named a spiritual continual process improvement. A person reflects on their life and where they would like to be in reference to a deeper relationship with God. They write down the continuous processes they will engage for this deeper relationship. They ask for feedback from others. And, as a result , they grow.