Code of Amor 💘<p>When I develop an interest in a way to manage my interests...</p><p>Attached rendered text image transcribed here for less sight-capable readers (alt-text limits are too short). ❤️ </p> <p><strong>Introduction</strong></p><p>When I decided to adopt a lighthearted and playful theme for this completely personalised system of project and task management, fortuitous timing allowed me to be inspired by a fellow Mastodon user, whose bio pronounced them to be a "shaver of burning yaks". <br>A long-time user of the phrase "yak shaving" to describe the progressively complicated and seemingly unrelated list of tasks that tend to accompany my every undertaking, I heartily appreciated the addition of fire to the imagery. I thought to myself "I don't think there is a better way to describe the utterly confusing and sometimes bizarre process that surrounds projects, tasks, and management of them". I therefore thanked them for their implicit inspiration, then dubbed this self-organisation effort: "my never-ending list of burning yaks to shave".</p><p><strong>Terminology</strong></p><blockquote><p>Because I have to keep it fun or I won't do it, okay???</p></blockquote><p>Selecting this playful metaphor for my endeavour happened when I was in a playful and creative mood, so as often follows, I began to play with the terminology of yaks and yak shaving in relation to tasks and projects in a no-commitment kind of way. I think my unclear purpose at the time was to come up with a way of keeping personal project management fun - engaging and rewarding, without being stiff or in any way corporate or professional. I was trying, I think, to keep myself motivated to stay with it. "If it's not fun, I won't continue doing it" - is a pretty good assessment of my natural state, so arose the list of silly, yet meaningful, terms that follows.</p><p>Note that this is a living list. Nothing is permanent. I use labels to best describe the content in the tin. So they're subject to change. I am hoping to use Obsidian's immense power as a personal knowledge base organisation and access tool to really improve my life in the most flexible and personal way possible.</p><p>And now, on to the yakkery...</p><p><strong>Definitions</strong></p><p>Definitions which are in not in active use for system identifiers are listed under Lexicon. These are still encouraged, as there is often a need for a new term for something or other.</p><p><strong>Yak Pen</strong></p><ul><li>A containment area for presently dormant collections of burning yaks to shave, known as "yak stacks" or "projects"</li><li>The all (non-active) projects folder, each project has a sub-folder and an index file</li></ul><p><strong>Yik Yak</strong></p><ul><li><p>a single task with no dependencies and no explicit link to any one yak stack</p><p><strong>Yik Yaks</strong></p></li><li><p>single tasks or one-off tasks folder, contains a single index file</p></li></ul><p><strong>Yak Stack</strong></p><p><strong>- a collection of burning yaks to shave, also known as a project</strong></p><p><a href="https://social.codeofamor.net/tags/projectmanagement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>projectmanagement</span></a> <br><a href="https://social.codeofamor.net/tags/yakshaving" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>yakshaving</span></a><br><a href="https://social.codeofamor.net/tags/adhd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>adhd</span></a> <br><a href="https://social.codeofamor.net/tags/autism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>autism</span></a> <br><a href="https://social.codeofamor.net/tags/lighthearted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lighthearted</span></a><br><a href="https://social.codeofamor.net/tags/fun" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fun</span></a></p>