A personal operating system for designing life with intention
Three years ago, I set out to be financially free and take more control over my time. Today, this has evolved into something more. A system for living intentionally, working on things that compound, and creating a life I don't need a vacation from.
LifeOS is my second brain. A mental model that helps me stay consistent with what matters, make better decisions, and deal with the chaos of building a life on your own terms. It's built on a foundation of quotes I think through, mental shortcuts that help me find clarity when things get messy.
Goals can change but this is a way to keep them consistent for at least every 365 days. The manifesto is a yearly commitment, a public declaration of what I'm working towards.
How I spend my time. Relationships, health, and doing things that make me feel alive.
Financial freedom. Creating wealth through work that compounds and investments that grow.
On the world and people. Building social capital through writing, shipping, and connecting.
The seeds of LifeOS were planted in late 2022 when I wrote Serendipitous Experiments, a reflection on shutting down my dev shop and starting over. I talked about building a playbook to ideate, validate, design, engineer, ship, and distribute products. That playbook evolved into something bigger.
I first formalized the LifeOS framework in 2023. It became a handbook to remind myself what matters and work towards those things in times when I feel the need to redesign my life altogether.
2023-2025 was a period of great learnings. In many ways, life stopped making sense, and I had to pick up the pieces, learn from them, and tie them all together. The framework helped me stay grounded while everything else was shifting.
Starting 2026, I'm publishing yearly manifestos publicly. Not because I have it figured out, but because writing it down makes it real, and sharing it creates accountability.