Routines & Systems

These are tools and rhythms I use to keep long-term research sustainable.

🧰 Core Tools — Structure

Habitica: Gamified habit tracker. Low-friction scaffolding for rhythm without coercion.

Toggl: Time tracking for sprints. Reveals temporal drift and hidden effort.

Obsidian + Tagging System: Zettelkasten-inspired. Linked notes trace long-range ideas and semantic arcs.

Feature Phone + Timed Lockbox: Ritualized disconnection. Defends deep work through bounded environments.

LLM Customization: Recursive profile tuning and prompt architecture. A cognitive prosthetic without dependency.

🌿 Supporting Practices — Rhythm

Walking: Daily, device-free movement. Restores internal tempo and metabolizes thought.

Aesthetic intake: Reading mirrors of contemporary sense-making, training perception to read the world.

Cultural probes: Fiction, media, and interaction as laboratories of alternative systems.

Note: None of these tools matter without will and style.
Action is what turns a method into a form.