Find what sits at the center of your life.

Histos maps what you love, what you're good at, what the world needs and what pays. Then a journal checks the map against how you actually live.

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Drag what fills your days into the circles.

Four circles. Where they overlap, meaning concentrates. Drop an item where it belongs, or where you suspect it belongs, and read what the intersection says back.

The Ikigai view, exactly as it ships in the app. Free, and it stays free. The full app remembers where you put things.Open the full app
JournalTuesday 14 July, 21:40

Said yes to the mentoring ask1 even though the week was already full. Tired, but the right kind of tired. Teaching keeps choosing me2.

Skipped the run again, though. Third time this month3. I keep saying health comes first.

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A journal that listens for your values.

Write normally. When an entry touches a value, or something that rhymes with one, Histos links it the way memory does: loosely. Over time your values sort themselves into three honest piles.

Espoused
Values you name and claim. They appear in what you say about yourself, not yet in what you do.
Tested
Values with evidence. They keep turning up in decisions, entries and actions.
Wobbly
Values that flicker. Honored one week, contradicted the next. Worth a closer look.

Later, tested values become goals, and goals become process.

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Three practices that feed each other.

Map your ikigai, chart where your interests intersect, and let the journal test what you find against how you spend your weeks.

  1. Ikigai01

    Four overlapping circles. Drag what fills your days between them and watch a center of gravity emerge.

  2. Intersection of interests02

    The same question from another angle. Your interests, values and skills as a living graph, so you can see where they converge.

  3. Values-driven journal03

    Write normally. Histos listens for values, even when you only circle them, and sorts what it hears into espoused, tested and wobbly.

ἱστός, histós: the loom, and the cloth taking shape on it. Histos is where the separate threads of a life get worked into one piece.

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Questions.

Anything else, write to hello@histos.app.

Is the Ikigai tool really free?
Yes. The ikigai view above is the same one that ships in the app, and it stays free. The full app adds memory: your map, graph and journal persist and stay linked.
What do espoused, tested and wobbly mean?
Espoused values are ones you name but haven't yet lived. Tested values show up again and again in your entries and decisions. Wobbly values flicker, honored one week and contradicted the next. The journal sorts them for you, gently.
Does Histos tell me what my values are?
No. It notices. When your writing touches a value, or something adjacent to one, Histos links it loosely and lets the pattern speak. You stay the judge.
Where does my data live?
The free ikigai runs entirely in your browser and nothing leaves your device. The full app syncs encrypted across web, macOS, iOS and Android.
What happens after values?
Tested values become candidates for goals. Histos helps you tie a goal to the value it serves, then break it into process, so what you do lines up with what you mean.