Here’s a way to apply the Calm Magic Framework to life design over different timeframes or Seasons of expressivity —from decades to seconds. This structure allows you to map out personal growth, project development, or any creative endeavours using the same cycle, scaled appropriately to the length of time.
1. 5 Decades (Life Stages)
This applies to long-term, overarching life goals, personal evolution, and career paths.
- LOVE (Aliveness): The first decade is about awakening, exploring, and discovering your potential. This is a time of dynamic energy and building the foundation of who you are.
- MAGIC (Spaciousness): The second decade focuses on expansion—trying new things, exploring relationships, education, and experiences that shape your worldview.
- CALM (Wholeness): The third decade is about stabilizing your identity, career, and relationships. It’s a time of building a life structure, mastering skills, and finding balance.
- OPEN (Poiesis): The fourth decade brings transformation. This is where significant changes occur, such as re-evaluating careers, and life choices, or taking on new, original endeavours.
- FREE (Neurogenesis): The fifth decade is liberation—focusing on flourishing, letting go of attachments, and realizing the culmination of life’s work with wisdom and expansion into new areas.
2. 5 Years (Mid-Term Projects or Personal Goals)
For mid-term goals, like professional development, business ventures, or personal milestones.
- LOVE (Aliveness): Year 1 is the initiation of the project—brainstorming ideas, setting objectives, and getting started with enthusiasm and energy.
- MAGIC (Spaciousness): Year 2 focuses on expanding and adapting the initial ideas. It’s a time to set goals, trust intuition, and explore new approaches.
- CALM (Wholeness): Year 3 is the stabilizing phase where you refine processes, create systems, and ground the work. It’s about finding balance and ensuring sustainability.
- OPEN (Poiesis): Year 4 introduces transformation. Here, breakthroughs occur, and you innovate, pushing beyond your comfort zone.
- FREE (Neurogenesis): Year 5 is where the project or goal flourishes. You finalize, release, and elevate the work to a new level, allowing for growth and expansion into new horizons.
3. 5 Months (Short-Term Projects)
For shorter projects or goals, such as launching a product, learning a new skill, or completing a creative work.
- LOVE (Aliveness): Month 1 is about gathering energy, setting the stage, and diving into the project with excitement and drive.
- MAGIC (Spaciousness): Month 2 expands on the initial foundation, adjusting the approach, setting clear goals, and exploring intuitive directions.
- CALM (Wholeness): Month 3 stabilizes the project, establishing routines, refining methods, and organizing your workflow.
- OPEN (Poiesis): Month 4 brings transformation—this is where creative breakthroughs or innovations come into play, and the project takes on new dimensions.
- FREE (Neurogenesis): Month 5 is about flourishing and release, where the work reaches completion and is launched, shared, or integrated fully.
4. 5 Weeks (Focused Work Cycles)
Perfect for focused work periods or a month-long creative sprint.
- LOVE (Aliveness): Week 1 is the kickoff—where energy is high, and you’re motivated to begin.
- MAGIC (Spaciousness): Week 2 allows you to experiment, refine goals, and expand your ideas, navigating through adjustments.
- CALM (Wholeness): Week 3 grounds the process. You create structure, solidify plans, and work steadily toward completing tasks.
- OPEN (Poiesis): Week 4 is a period of transformation, where new ideas emerge, and creative risks are taken.
- FREE (Neurogenesis): Week 5 focuses on bringing everything together, completing the work, and elevating it to the next stage for final release.
5. 5 Days (Weekly Work or Life Planning)
Ideal for planning weekly work sprints or balancing personal projects.
- LOVE (Aliveness): Day 1 is your day of action, where you engage with high energy, set your intentions, and make progress.
- MAGIC (Spaciousness): Day 2 is for exploration and adaptation, adjusting to changes or new information and expanding your approach.
- CALM (Wholeness): Day 3 is for stabilizing—focusing on maintaining a balanced pace, organizing tasks, and creating order.
- OPEN (Poiesis): Day 4 introduces shifts or adjustments. You innovate, try new methods, or solve problems creatively.
- FREE (Neurogenesis): Day 5 is for completing tasks, tying up loose ends, and reflecting on the week’s accomplishments.
6. 5 Hours (Deep Work Sessions)
For shorter, focused work periods like a morning or afternoon dedicated to a specific task.
- LOVE (Aliveness): The first hour is your high-energy push to initiate the work, diving straight into the project with full focus.
- MAGIC (Spaciousness): The second hour expands on the first—you adjust, tweak your approach, and explore new ideas.
- CALM (Wholeness): The third hour is about maintaining focus and organizing your thoughts, creating a steady workflow.
- OPEN (Poiesis): The fourth hour is when breakthroughs happen—here, you shift gears, solve problems, or reimagine certain aspects of the work.
- FREE (Neurogenesis): The fifth hour is for wrapping up and completing the work, ensuring that you’ve made progress and are ready to finish or move to the next phase.
7. 5 Minutes (Quick Sprints)
For bursts of focus, perfect for a micro-task, quick creative exploration, or rapid problem-solving.
- LOVE (Aliveness): The first minute is for gathering focus and starting with intensity.
- MAGIC (Spaciousness): The second minute allows for a quick exploration or adaptation to the task at hand.
- CALM (Wholeness): The third minute is where you settle into a rhythm and maintain a steady pace.
- OPEN (Poiesis): The fourth minute might spark an idea or a shift in approach, where you innovate in real time.
- FREE (Neurogenesis): The fifth minute is for wrapping up the micro-task and completing it with satisfaction.
8. 5 Seconds (Instant Reflection or Decision-Making)
For moments that require rapid response or quick reflection.
- LOVE (Aliveness): Gather your energy and focus.
- MAGIC (Spaciousness): Quickly scan your intuition or adapt to the immediate situation.
- CALM (Wholeness): Make a balanced, thoughtful decision or action.
- OPEN (Poiesis): Apply creativity or a shift in perspective to resolve the situation.
- FREE (Neurogenesis): Release the action or thought with clarity, moving forward with confidence.
Final Thought:
This approach allows you to apply the Calm Magic Framework to various time scales, maintaining coherence and fluidity no matter the duration of the cycle. Whether it’s over decades or mere seconds, this model helps structure both personal growth and creative development into a rhythmic and holistic process.
