This is a system for running several self-improvement tracks in parallel without letting any one of them crowd out the others. The core problem it solves: after a demanding 9-6, there's usually only enough energy for one meaningful thing a day — trying to run five projects at full intensity at once leads to burnout within a day or two, then nothing moves. This dashboard is a manual index (Wiki.js doesn't do live cross-page task queries), so it needs to be checked and updated by hand rather than auto-refreshing.
The tracks are not equal. They're ordered by real urgency and sized so the small ones don't compete with the big one for the same exhausted 7pm energy.
| Track | Priority tier | Load size | Why |
|---|---|---|---|
| Job Search & Visa | 1 — top priority | Large | The only track with a real external deadline (OPT runway, H-1B timing). Gets the best hours and most effort. |
| Self-Care & Body | 2 | Small | Deliberately kept small — a low-bar daily habit, not a fitness program. The floor that makes everything else possible, not a competing project. |
| Style & Grooming | 3 | Small, mostly one-time | The fastest win — a handful of concrete decisions, not an ongoing practice. |
| Startup | 4 | Background | Solo trading/research platform project. No urgency, weekend/background-only, zero weekday guilt. |
| Social Life & Hobby | 5 — reward, not obligation | Reward | Explicitly downstream of the tracks above going okay. Passion follows competence and energy, not the other way around. |
Also see: Mental Health & Reflection (light-touch weekly check-in, not a task track) and the Journal (daily dated entries).
Don't try to move all five tracks in the same week. Job Search & Visa always gets attention first. Self-Care & Body is a small daily habit, not a project — it should almost never take real decision-making energy once it's running. Style & Grooming is a short burst of a few weekends, then it's done. Startup only happens if there's leftover weekend energy. Social & Hobby is what shows up once the rest feels less heavy — a quiet week there is fine and expected.
One small sustainable win at a time beats five stalled projects.