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Explorations

Places to navigate what I like and do not like.

Overview

Explorations are places to learn your preferences — before you fully know how to explain them. You choose what you want to explore, define what kinds of things you want to evaluate, and sort suggestions in, out, or unsure. Over time, patterns become visible: what you like, what you don’t like, and what you’re still uncertain about. It gives curiosity a container without requiring a final choice yet.

Why this container matters psychologically

Many people don’t really know what they like until they react to something concrete. Preferences can be hard to articulate — they often live as a vague sense or a resistance you can’t name. Sorting suggestions is a softer entry than deciding: you learn what lands and what doesn’t, at a pace that doesn’t require you to know the answer in advance.

What happens without a container like this

Without a place like this, curiosity stays diffuse — we either wait for preferences to clarify on their own, or jump on the first option that appears. What we’ve learned about what we like disappears into the mind or scattered impressions, and each new exploration starts from scratch. That makes it harder to find direction and recognize a good match when it actually shows up.

Things you can do
  • Create an exploration for something you want to learn more about
  • Define what kinds of things you want to explore and sort — artists, restaurants, roles, or anything else
  • Generate stacks of suggestions and sort them in, out, or unsure
  • Add your own suggestions manually or from what you capture along the way
  • Mark traits, favorites, and preferences on what you react to
  • See an overview of what you like, dislike, and are unsure about
  • Build new stacks that take your previous sorting into account
  • Browse selections and keep refining what actually fits you
When it can be useful
  • You’re curious about something but don’t yet know what you like
  • You want to learn your preferences before you have to explain them to others
  • You’re exploring music, food, work, or other choices and need a place to sort
  • You want to see patterns in what lands and what doesn’t
  • You reacted to something and want to add it to an ongoing exploration
  • You want to make better choices next time — based on what you’ve actually learned