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On Myself

Personal reflections, autobiography, and self-analysis.

status: Finished

Status Indicator

The status indicator reflects the maturity of the content: • rough — Initial thoughts, unstructured • growing — Being actively developed • evergreen — Stable, well-developed content • withered — No longer being maintained This helps readers understand the completeness of the content.

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certainty: certain

Confidence Rating

The confidence tag expresses how well-supported the content is, or how likely its overall ideas are right. This uses a scale from "impossible" to "certain", based on the Kesselman List of Estimative Words: 1. "certain" 2. "highly likely" 3. "likely" 4. "possible" 5. "unlikely" 6. "highly unlikely" 7. "remote" 8. "impossible" Even ideas that seem unlikely may be worth exploring if their potential impact is significant enough.

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importance: 8/10

Importance Rating

The importance rating distinguishes between trivial topics and those which might change your life. Using a scale from 0-10, content is ranked based on its potential impact on: - the reader - the intended audience - the world at large For example, topics about fundamental research or transformative technologies would rank 9-10, while personal reflections or minor experiments might rank 0-1.

About KrisGrowing2025.06.03

Who I am, what I work on, where I live online, and how I think.

on-myself · personal, reflection, autobiography

Uses ThisGrowing2025.05.07

A detailed overview of my hardware, software, and tools I use daily for work and personal projects.

on-myself · personal, tools, workflows

On Life ImprovementGrowing

A year-by-year list of quality-of-life improvements, the things you look back on and wonder how you ever lived without.

on-myself

On Living SimplyGrowing

A reverse-chronological log of steps taken toward minimalism, intentional living, and finding the lower bound of what you actually need.

on-myself

On the Site as SelfGrowing

Reflections on the personal website as an extension of identity, and what it means to build a digital home that actually represents you.

on-myself

Trades I Want to LearnGrowing

A running list of skilled trades I want to pick up, from woodworking to electrical work, and why practical knowledge matters.

on-myself