Concepts
The irreducible epistemic atoms underlying the curriculum. 4,828 atoms across 8 types
Diagnose chronic priority inversion
When time spent on lower-ranked priorities chronically exceeds time spent on top-ranked priorities, diagnose whether the misalignment stems from broken priority inheritance, active trap capture, or deep values misalignment, as each requires different intervention strategies.
Annotate time blocks with required energy state…
Before each work week, annotate each protected time block on your calendar with both the required energy state (deep focus, creative, relational, administrative) and your realistic energy prediction for that time slot based on current sleep, nutrition, exercise, and emotional patterns.
Monthly priority alignment score
For each of your top three priorities, calculate the percentage of productive hours last month that directly advanced it (not adjacent or preparatory work), then compare this to your stated priority ranking to measure the cost of current misalignment.
60-second daily values check
End each workday with a sixty-second values check by asking what your priorities today revealed about your actual values, writing one sentence without elaboration or judgment, then after seven days analyze the pattern to identify your operational value system.
Log energy (1-5) three times daily with sleep, meals…
Log your energy state (1-5 scale) three times daily along with sleep hours, meals eaten, exercise completed, and emotional state for two weeks to enable AI pattern detection of which upstream factors most strongly predict your energy availability.
Persistent fatigue despite rest? Diagnose the dimension
When experiencing persistent fatigue despite physical recovery efforts (sleep, nutrition, exercise), diagnose which energy dimension is depleted by distinguishing physical heaviness from emotional numbness from mental fog from spiritual emptiness before selecting an intervention.
Don't optimize during an energy audit — maintain…
During energy audits, maintain unmodified baseline behavior for the full measurement period rather than adjusting activities when patterns emerge, to prevent contaminating diagnostic data with reactive optimization.
When energy data contradicts your narrative about what…
When energy audit results contradict your narrative predictions about which activities energize or drain you, prioritize the measured data over subjective memory in subsequent scheduling decisions.
Map activities on two dimensions
Overlay energy audit data with time audit data to create a two-dimensional activity map (time invested × energy impact), then prioritize restructuring high-time/high-drain activities before addressing other quadrants.
Ultradian trough signals…
When noticing ultradian trough signals (restlessness, wandering attention, desire to check phone), take a 15-20 minute genuine recovery break before beginning the next work block rather than pushing through with stimulants.
Close communication apps entirely during deep work…
When entering a scheduled deep work block, close all communication applications entirely rather than minimizing or silencing them, because accessibility to self-interruption sources depletes executive function through continuous suppression effort even when not actively checked.
Log every context switch for one day
Log every context switch during a baseline measurement day by recording time, source task, and destination task without attempting reduction, because accurate switching-cost assessment requires measurement that precedes intervention to establish true baseline against habituated behavior.
For your three highest-drain social interactions, design…
After identifying your three highest-drain social interactions, design one structural modification for each—time limits, format changes, frequency reduction, or recovery buffers—rather than attempting to change your emotional response or the other person's behavior.
Sort energy leaks by fix-effort ÷ cognitive-cost ratio…
When conducting energy leak audits, sort items by effort-to-resolve divided by cognitive cost rather than absolute importance to identify highest-return fixes first.
Three dispositions for energy leaks within 48 hours
For each identified energy leak, apply exactly one of three strategies within 48 hours: resolve it through action, release it through explicit acknowledgment, or capture it in a trusted external system with a concrete next action.
Release energy leaks with explicit articulation — state…
When releasing an energy leak deliberately, state in writing or aloud what you are releasing and why, because explicit articulation registers completion in the cognitive system while vague dismissal leaves the monitoring thread active.
Find the minimum viable dose for each energy-generating…
For each energy-generating activity, determine the minimum viable dose—the shortest duration that produces measurable energy gain—and schedule that rather than waiting for ideal conditions with longer blocks.
9/10 enforcement makes boundaries negotiable preferences…
When establishing a new energy boundary, expect testing from affected parties and maintain identical enforcement responses every time, because boundaries enforced nine times out of ten become negotiable preferences rather than structural limits.
Weekly energy journal review
Conduct weekly energy journal reviews by reading the past seven days and asking three questions: what repeats, what surprises you, and what is trending compared to the previous week.
Fix only the top 5 highest-return energy leaks at a time…
Do not attempt to resolve every identified energy leak simultaneously; instead, fix the top five highest-return leaks first based on the effort-to-cognitive-cost ratio, accepting that some leaks are structural and will take months.
Enforce energy boundaries through natural consequences…
When energy boundaries conflict with requests from others, enforce through natural consequences (declining meetings, not answering during protected time) rather than punitive responses, making the boundary operate as structural design.
Three-tier emotional processing
For low-intensity/low-persistence emotions, apply affect labeling only (5 seconds); for moderate-intensity/moderate-persistence, write for 5-10 minutes; for high-intensity/high-persistence, use full 15-20 minute protocol across multiple sessions.
System-produced energy vs. willpower-demanded energy
When deciding whether energy was produced by system or demanded by willpower, audit whether sleep, exercise, meal timing, and emotional processing happened automatically or required conscious override—if override was needed, that component lacks structural implementation.
When pressure changes your decision, document both…
When pressure causes your actual decision to differ from what you would decide without pressure, document both the decision and the pressure type (social, authority, time, emotional, financial) to build a personal pressure vulnerability map.