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
- Coaches
- Appendix: Product Market Fit
- FAQ
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
| Time Horizon | What | How |
|---|---|---|
| Life | Eulogy and Roles | Roles Values |
| Two year | Supporting Projects/Accomplishments | Supporting Behaviors/Habits |
| Quarter -> Month | Decompose into reasonable chunks | Decompose into habits |
| Quarter -> Month | How to allocate between chunks | Habit Tracking |
| Month -> Week | Milestones | Habit Tracking |
| Week -> Day | Task List | Habit/Time Tracker |
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
Learning from your past - Tool Overview
Annual Review
Monthly Review
Weekly Review
Coaches
Habit Coach
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.