Survival“All civilizations suffer shocks, only those that absorb the shocks survive.” — Stewart Brand. Absorbing shocks is key to survival. These shocks come from change. Change is how the future invades our lives, and when it outpaces us, it brings struggle. As the world grows more complex, our days fill with endless distractions, chores, and obligations. These constant interferences pull us away from our Native State — our natural way of living. Survival Mode happens when we are saturated with daily responsibilities and keep getting interrupted constantly. When we sacrifice our time hoping for a future with more free time; but that future never comes. This is what I call “death by survival.” FreedomHumans instinctively seek freedom. But freedom is not just the absence of limitations; it’s about reclaiming our True Nature — a state where we can access all our faculties, creativity, and full potential. Synchronism is a path to escape survival mode and achieve Timeless Freedom — not just more time, but freedom from the pressure of time itself. It keeps you centered in peace, whether you’re building empires, deepening relationships, or pursuing your dreams. Synchronism is life at the perfect pace. Clockless EraThe ancient Greeks distinguished between Chronos, the objective, clock-based time, and Kairos, the more subjective, meaningful moments. In pre-clock societies, time was perceived subjectively. Kairos time culture dominated most of humanity up until the 1900s. They were defined by a Chronos time culture, marked by international standard time. The industrial age introduced mechanical clocks structuring daily life. In the digital age, we now navigate a world less reliant on clocks. Today, technology is once again reshaping our experience of time back into a Pre-clock Kairos environment. Rather than liberating us, technology often heightens stress and fragmentation, leaving us always on, never fully focused, and never truly rested. Time MappingAs the human experience of time is increasingly shaped by its subjective kairos aspects, rather than its objective chronos aspects. Time Mapping gives us the ability to operate in subjective time, just as clocks give us the ability to operate in objective time. A Time map is a document that you can use for the rest of your life. It's simply a list of all the things that matter to you, organized in a way to works for you. The PARAGON Model is a time map ranging from a fast pace to a slow pace:
This document can be used anytime, anywhere, when needed. If gives you the freedom to set things on track, so you can let go of memorizing, tracking, and overthinking. |
Timeless Freedom
When you look closely at your life for an extended period of time. Be it months, years, or even decades. You become aware of something. The only constant in life is change. But change doesn't come in consistent, calculated, predictable doses. "There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen"- Lenin. Some changes don't affect you at all. Others affect you for a while. But a few of them, alter the whole trajectory of your life. Things like Moving to a new city...
A new week is here, which means a new chance to get everything in sync. Today, instead of providing a template, I want to discuss a meta folder I always keep handy. This folder offers quick access to all the items that don't fit neatly into any specific life area. I call it the Reference folder. An overlooked issue in the world of systems is the absence of a constant reference point, similar to the "You are here" arrow on a map. Without this clear reference, it's impossible to navigate your...
In any productivity system, the standard unit of progress is projects. In a project-based system, you typically work on 1-3 projects in parallel and move them to completion within a short time frame (weeks to months). This provides enough momentum to keep moving forward through milestones, outcomes, and ultimately achieving goals. Your hidden workload The problem is that tracking projects is not a real representation of your true workload. There's a hidden layer of workflows that are done at...