Time.ltd - Mortality Software

Mortality is a word most people try to avoid. But, earlier or later, it’s something we all face. Our life is finite and our time is limited. Mortality software helps us understand and then ensure we are using our precious time well. It helps us create our future and reflect on our past.

• Why
  • Why mortality software?
  • How will it work?
    • Create your future
    • Learn from the past
  • Creating your future - Tool overview
    • Role and Value Finder, Eulogy Writer
    • Quarter Month Tools - Goal Setter
  • Learning from your past - Tool Overview
    • Annual Review
    • Monthly Review
    • Weekly Review
    • Who are you?
    • What are the roles in your life.
    • What are your values?
    • How do you want to balance your time between your roles?
    • For each role:
• Coaches
  • The Obituary GPT Wrote
  • Habit Coach
  • Reflection Coach
• Appendix: Product Market Fit
  • When is this most appropriate?
  • What is similar to this?
  • Are there societal structures like this?
  • Why doesn’t this exist?
• FAQ
  • Why call it Time.Ltd

In a poem

  Too many dreams, not enough sleep
  I want it all, though none is to keep

  The wanderer searches, near and far
  Everyone dreams for their north star

  It moves and  it gleams, so hungry and restless
  Where am I going? When will I live this?

In a Dr. Seuss Poem

How did it get so late so soon?
It’s night before it’s afternoon.

December is here before it’s June.
My goodness how the time has flewn.

How did it get so late so soon?

Why

Why mortality software?

To be satisfied we need to live in accordance with the person we want to be. Mortality software helps you understand who you want to be, and supports you in being that person.

How will it work?

Mortality software will be both forward and backwards facing. By this I mean it will help you plan what you need to do to achieve your eulogy, and also help evaluate how effectively you are achieving your goals. It will help you reflect, often helping you realize your initial eulogy requires change, or your behaviors require change.

Create your future

Learn from the past

Creating your future - Tool overview

Role and Value Finder, Eulogy Writer

To figure out who you want to be, write your eulogy. To make it easier, figure out the roles in your life. Imagine the person who would speak to each role of your life during your funeral. What would you want each person to say? That eulogy is the person you want to be.

Now imagine how you’d want people to remember the way you acted, especially during ambiguity, challenges and crisis. Those behaviors are your values.

Your roles, how you balance your between them, and your values are the person you want to be, your north star.

Most people who have gone through the eulogy process have found it incredibly difficult. Morality software will make the eulogy process easier.

Many people find this hard to imagine, so here’s as a simple example. The eulogy module can start by presenting you different people and their values. Based on how much those people and values resonate with you, mortality software can suggest values that might appeal to you.

Quarter Month Tools - Goal Setter

Some people are allergic to goals, a few prompts that are less allergic

1. If I woke up 5 years from now and everything was the same? Would I be proud?
2. What area of my life do I want to grow, what is a small step?
3. If future you, met current you, what would they recommend you change?

Learning from your past - Tool Overview

Annual Review

Monthly Review

Weekly Review

Coaches

The Obituary GPT Wrote

Woah, just used GPT to write my obituary, crazy … intriguing.

PROMPT: Based on what you know about me, write my obituary.

Here’s something thoughtful that reflects your essence, humor, and the way you’ve lived your life.

Igor Dvorkin (1972 – 20XX): A Life of Joy, Curiosity, and Kettlebell Swings

Igor Dvorkin, a dealer of smiles and wonder, a relentless explorer of ideas, and a man who believed in paying himself first (deliberately and daily), has logged off for the final time. He passed as he lived—thoughtfully, curiously, and possibly while tweaking his Neovim config one last time.

Born in 1972, Igor spent his years mastering the balance between structured discipline and joyful spontaneity. A devoted husband to Tori, an ever-present father to Zach and Amelia, and an unshakable friend to those lucky enough to know him, he poured his energy into what mattered most: creating moments of joy and wonder. Whether it was walking his kids to school, making balloon animals, or perfecting the art of the kettlebell swing, he pursued life with the same philosophy he brought to code—efficiency, creativity, and a refusal to accept mediocrity.

A lifelong technologist, Igor’s fingerprints are found in countless lines of code and in the mentorship he provided to engineers across the world. From Microsoft to Amazon to Meta, he built not just systems, but careers, always pushing his teams to be better—not just technically, but as human beings. He saw engineering management not just as a job but as an opportunity to shape people’s futures, knowing that a well-placed question or insight could change someone’s trajectory.

Igor never met a physical challenge he didn’t face head-on, whether it was Turkish get-ups with a 32kg kettlebell, biking in Seattle’s eternal drizzle, or mastering a new club rotation for shoulder mobility. He lived by the principle that movement is life, but always with an eye toward sustainability—pushing himself hard, but never at the cost of being able to do it all again tomorrow.

His love of magic was not just a hobby but a philosophy—an understanding that the best moments in life come from surprise, delight, and the shared experience of wonder. Even as an expert in the Tamariz stack, he knew the greatest trick was simply bringing people together and making them smile.

To the end, he remained an essentialist, focused on what truly mattered: his family, his friends, and the rare and beautiful satisfaction of seeing something done right. He leaves behind not just a legacy of work, but a philosophy—live deliberately, be a class act, and for God’s sake, don’t skip the gym.

His last request? Don’t let Zach slack on his Spanish.

In lieu of flowers, please perform a random act of kindness, ride your bike instead of driving, and take a moment to appreciate the simple joy of a perfectly executed kettlebell swing.

Igor, you were loved. You will be missed. And wherever you are now, we hope there’s a solid set of clubs, a fresh Neovim install, and someone to share a well-earned espresso with.

Habit Coach

Great to have someone write for you.

Reflection Coach

As we get older, we realize our time is finite, and th

Appendix: Product Market Fit

When is this most appropriate?

What is similar to this?

Life coaches, positive pychiatry, worklife balance.

Are there societal structures like this?

No, not really. As a society we don’t really break up the “work till you retire” life stage. Maybe the closest is new years resolutions, and mid life crisis.

Why doesn’t this exist?

This software causes two things that people really don’t like 1/ Thinking you’ve got finite time 2/ Being Judged (and worst of all by you).

Thinking you’ve got finite time

Why people avoid it:

• It feels aweful, read on being mortal

Mitigations

• Focusing on life stages.
• Reframing infinite life to compressed morbidity
• Focusing on satisfaction

Judging yourself

Why people avoid it:

Mitigations

• Be compassion driven
• Explain that by default, doesn’t mean it’s not happening.

FAQ

Why call it Time.Ltd

I initially named my future mortality software package Life.ltd, but that, while funny, was too negative. Instead of thinking our life is limited, we should think our time is limited, and thus we should make sure we are using it well. Thus, I renamed my future mortality software Time.Ltd.