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Guides · Methods, not manuals

Practical ways to tend what matters.

Considered methods for turning commitments into projects, next actions, routines, and regular reviews, without forcing your life into a rigid system. Pick a guide.

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Guide 01

Build your first commitment inventory

Make the full set of areas asking for your attention visible, give each an appropriate home, and avoid turning every concern into a project.

For: Anyone setting up Life Mode
You’ll produce: A first set of Groves, each with a Root and a next Seed
Effort: A short first pass

01What counts as a commitmentOngoing responsibilities, temporary outcomes, relationships, aspirations, and commitments without deadlines.
02Begin in Life ModeList what’s asking for attention. Treat suggested Groves as a start; merge, rename, add, or archive.
03Separate areas from projectsA Grove continues. A Grapefruit has an outcome. A Seed is an action.
04Add one useful RootState why each important Grove matters. Prefer a durable reason to a temporary target.
05Capture, then clarifyUnfiled thoughts go to Inbox; actionable ones become Seeds; reference becomes Pulp.
06Check for overloadToo many active Grapefruits? No visible next action? What can be deferred?
07Complete a small first passChoose one focus. Add one next Seed to each active Grove. Leave the rest incomplete.
08Keep it aliveReview regularly. Completeness is not a permanent state.