Aspects
A Aspect is a long-lived container for work. It acts as a label that groups tasks, habits, chores, and big plans together, and connects the day-to-day work of Thrive to the long-horizon thinking of the Life Plan.
Purpose
Aspects represent the major ongoing areas of your life — things like "Personal", "Career", "Health", or "Family". They are not things you finish; they are the contexts in which you operate over years or decades.
In most cases, a small number of aspects (one to five) is enough. Aspects are meant to be very long-lived — think years, not months. For shorter, more concrete pieces of work, use big plans instead.
Properties
| Property | Description |
|---|---|
| Name | A short label for the aspect. |
| Parent Aspect | An optional parent aspect, for hierarchies. |
Aspects also support a note for additional context and tags for organisation.
Aspect Hierarchy
Aspects can be nested within other aspects, forming a tree. The maximum nesting depth is 5 levels from the root.
For example:
- Personal
- Health
- Family
- Career
- Current Role
- Side Aspects
Relationship to the Life Plan
Aspects live inside the Life Plan. They are referenced by chapters, goals, and milestones, making them the bridge between the Life Plan and your operational work.
Every task, habit, chore, and big plan can be tagged with a aspect. This lets you see all work related to a given area of your life in one place.
Accessing Aspects
Open the Life Plan section from the sidebar, then choose Aspects
from the menu. You can also see aspects via aspect-show in the CLI.
An example:
