Version Control Your Life System
Most people evolve by accident instead of by design
You have theories about how to live well. You've developed principles about relationships, work, money, and meaning through years of trial and error. But unless you document these patterns, you're flying blind—repeating mistakes you've already solved and forgetting wisdom you've already earned.
What I call 'praxis engineering' means treating your approach to life like a codebase. You document your current operating system, test new features through lived experience, debug what isn't working, and version control the evolution.
Your 'praxis' consists of three components: what actions you take, why you take them, and how those reasons evolved through experience. This isn't abstract philosophy—it's practical documentation of how you actually navigate the world.
Most people let their life philosophy get assembled randomly through social media fragments, inherited assumptions, and reactive decisions. Most don't even have a conscious approach beyond "get a job and keep the job." They can't explain their decision-making process to others or hold themselves accountable to any coherent standard.
Documentation helps solve this. When you capture your principles explicitly, you can test them against reality and evolve them intentionally. When you use version control, you can track how your thinking changes and why.
I document my Faith Walk OS because I want my Christianity to touch everything, not just Sunday mornings. The process forces me to integrate biblical principles with practical decisions about technology, relationships, and career choices. Each iteration gets better because I can see what worked and what didn't.
But this applies beyond faith. Anyone serious about personal growth should document their evolving approach to life decisions. Your ideal praxis is that which continually helps you take more effective action aligned with who you want to become.
The documentation doesn't need to be public. My FaithWalk OS is, because I want to model vulnerability and invite feedback. But even private documentation creates accountability. When you write down your principles, you can't pretend you don't know better when you compromise them.
Think of your life as an ongoing sociology experiment. You have hypotheses about what works, you test them through action, you gather data through reflection, then you update your approach based on results. Documentation makes this process systematic rather than haphazard.
Start with voice recordings and AI transcription. Ask yourself: What are my actual rules for living? How did I develop these principles? What evidence supports or challenges them? How have they evolved over time?
Organize the transcripts into a private repository. Update as you learn. Share selectively with people whose wisdom you trust or who need to understand how you operate.
Your current approach to life exists mostly in your head. Until you make it explicit, you can't improve it systematically or help others benefit from your experience.
Most people spend decades accumulating wisdom then take it to the grave. Document your evolving praxis. Hold yourself to the highest standard of your supposed insight. Let your life become an intentional work of art rather than a series of random reactions.
Version control your life system before it versions itself.