Life Running Digital Engine

Comprehensively composed of all the sub-systems for how I run most aspects of my life where a rule-engine system is employable.

This system's overall implementation strongly prefers using apps. The reason being to leverage app notifications along with the First-screen Principle to alleviate the mental tax of decision making and the constant anxiety of “doing the right thing”.

Above all of the sub-systems is the mindset that govern their execution. The current model to adhere to is States of Mind.

Driver Todo System

You take the driver seat.

App: Things

Every task and project is an opportunity to pick up. They have a positive desirable outcome to pursue. Every progress pushes your life forward.

The performance is not preallocated, not time-scheduled. The mentality when executing the task backlog when you are in the driver sea is with high urgency: "could I done this with the minimal time?", or "could I done the best job for this in 30 minutes?". The faster I accomplish the outcome, the better.

Excluded of routine, scheduled tasks. This goal-todo system contains opportunities, not obligations (there's a YouTube video from Ali Abdaal regarding this).

Related: Healthy todo backlog

Accountability Todo System

Non-negotiable, execute with no wasted mental cycle, that is the beauty of the system.

Apps: Calendar + Reminders + Streaks

The system manage obligations and routines that I just mindlessly do. Most of them are time-scheduled or have a very clear do-able context.

The "when to do it" rule:

• When it is due, evening for date-scheduled, when it appears for datetime-scheduled.
• In context (location, equipment). There's only a single context now:
  • Groceries: when I'm at a grocery store.

Reflection Cadence

Reflection cadence is the system dynamic of evolution of self-stabilizing. Reflection sessions are performed routinely, on recurrent schedules.

There are three cycles, daily, weekly and monthly. They are scheduled with noted details within the Reminders app:

• The Day
• Weekly Reflection
• Monthly Reflection

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