Have you heard about the theory of everything?

A theory of everything is the idea that there is some framework that unifies all fundemental forces of nature.

As far as I can tell there is not much evidence to support any of the theories of everything (string theory, quantam loop theory etc) and that isn't what we are here to discuss.

If you are able to develop a theory that marries all fundamental forces of nature in a beautiful polyamorous relationship, you will have a theory of everything.

And if you are able to develop a system that marries all parts of your life, you will have a "System of Everything".

Here is the beginning of me developing such a system.

Capture and Discard!

My current implementation uses Getting Things Done for task management and Zettelkasten for knowledge management.

The thing about these systems is they both tell you to capture things and put them in a sort of "Inbox"

When reading A System for Writing by Bob Doto, we are taught that notes that are tasks will generally not make it from the inbox into the zettelkasten.

When looking at the GTD methodology you are told to ask if each item in your inbox is "Actionable" and if it isn't you either put it somewhere to review later (incubation) or to delete it.

Clearly the type of note that is incompatible with one system is what the other one is built for!

The solution here is elegantly simple. When processing your inbox you ask "Is this a task or a note?" and filter to the proper system.

Habits Habits Habits...

I have tapped away at my little keyboard who knows how many times about Atomic Habits. I do have some critiques on it but I do think it is a worthwhile read for building and breaking habits.

The way I want to implement it in my experimental obsidian vault is basically a folder with notes for habits and habit stacks.

For each habit note it'll describe how I plan to create (or break) it following the 4 laws of behavioural change outlined in Atomic Habits.

I also want to have a habit tracker but I am unsure how to implement it in obsidian. I think ill just use a spreadsheet and have the spreadsheet be a file in my obsidian.

An idea I have had is an addition to the GTD methodology which is a "Recurring Actions" list.

This would list actions I have to repeat regularly (not unlike a habit ay?)

Modularity

I have a folder called "Processes" that has files with my various implementations of systems such as GTD and Zettelkasten.

I think GTD, Zettelkasten and Habit Making covers alot of broad ground and now I want to get more granular.

My advice for anyone else trying to get organised in a similar fashion I would start with GTD or a similar task management workflow.

In my inital blogpost on (CW FLASHING COLORS) "becoming the most productive person in the world" I list out some "Problems" and some potential "Resources" to solve them.

I am adapting that list here but instead of problems it is modules for the "System of Everything" and instead of resources it is frameworks.

The goal of the system is to be modular so I (and you if you wish) can swap it out if something isn't working.

Experimental Vault

Right now I am testing this system in an experimental obsidian vault.

I have talked about how I have seperated each system into its own folders. I also have a "Meta" folder that has a file that works with multiple systems such as the inbox for Zettelkasten and GTD.

I think my final version of the system should not be like this.

The point of this experimental vault is to play with the boundaries between systems before blurring them.

Whats Next?

Right now I am still trying to work on my GTD implementation but the next thing I want to learn is how to learn skills.

"Ultralearning" seems like a good text to work with. I avoided self help content with the word ultralearning in it because I thought it was gonna be more nothing but as I have said in a previous post , why drink the drop of water these productivity gurus provide us when we can go to the well ourselves?

In the same vein as the previous book I introduced in that blog post, I want to have a little public accountability.

SO: I want to finish the Ultralearning book by the 8th of May.

Yay! Yay!!!