Evidence-based productivity systems

You are not lazy.
You have no system.

Four mechanisms decide whether anything you start survives past week two. Most people are missing exactly one of them, and it is almost never willpower. Ninety seconds will tell you which one is yours.

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The measured effect of willpower on whether people reached their goals. 159 students, five check-ins a day, a full semester. What separated the ones who succeeded was structure, not resolve.
Milyavskaya & Inzlicht (2017), Soc Psych & Pers Sci 8(6) · read it
Two worlds, one engine

The one you would actually open in February.

Same mechanics underneath. Different aesthetic, different language of progress. Built in Notion.

RONIN — command map, missions, focus session and rank
Discipline

RONIN

For people moved by a standard. Dark, austere, ranked. Four dimensions computed from what you actually did.

  • Command map — Focus, Wisdom, Action, Discipline
  • Missions, rituals and honor streak
  • Dojo focus timer with session history
  • Wanderer → Shogun progression
$39$23.40
Get RONIN
EMERALD — core balance, main quest, focus session and rank
Growth

EMERALD

For people moved by things compounding. Warm, alive, balanced. One loop: root, grow, learn, build, bloom.

  • Core balance across five life areas
  • Habit consistency with best-streak tracking
  • Focus sessions and weekly analytics
  • Root → Bloom progression
$39$23.40
Get EMERALD

Not sure which one? The audit picks for you — and tells you which mechanism you are missing first.

Both run inside Notion and use custom interactive widgets for the timer, XP and analytics. Those widgets store data in your browser, so they do not sync automatically between devices — you export and restore with one JSON file. Everything else is normal Notion. Instant download. Not affiliated with Notion.

Where this is going

This is being built in the open.

BARVINOK is not a finished product dropped on a marketplace. Every release is documented, every claim is sourced, and what is coming next is listed below before it exists.

Shipped
  • RONINGamified command system with rank progression.
  • EMERALDLife-balance system with the five-area core.
  • The research libraryFive peer-reviewed findings, written up with sources.
  • The auditNinety seconds to your missing mechanism.
In build
  • OLYMPUSThe third world. Different progression language again.
  • Cross-device syncSo your data stops living in one browser.
  • Mobile layoutThe systems, usable from a phone.

Dates are deliberately absent. Things ship when they work.