# Learning State Template

Copy this into a private note. It is a cross-session source of truth, not a performance diary. Do not include passwords, government IDs, exact addresses, sensitive health data, or third-party information without permission.

## If you only have five minutes today

Do not fill the whole form first. Copy the minimum version below and do the action; expand it into the full state file only when you need to resume across sessions, hand work over, or review a cycle.

### Learning State — minimum

Date: YYYY-MM-DD\
The real problem I am handling:\
Evidence I already have:\
The smallest action I can finish today:\
Evidence I will save when it is done:\
What I will not upload or publish:

The minimum is complete when a future version of you can understand the problem, current evidence, next action, and boundary. It is not a full plan or a substitute for an independent retest. It is a way to let action happen first.

### Learning State

State version: v1\
Updated: YYYY-MM-DD\
Owner:\
Primary file location:

#### Goal

- Real context:
- Current main task:
- 12-week outcome:
- This week's focus:
- Acceptance criteria:
- Deadline:

#### Constraints and Boundaries

- Weekly time/energy available:
- Materials and tools allowed:
- Content that must not be uploaded or published:
- AI may assist with:
- A person must confirm:

#### Current Level and Baseline

- I can currently:
- Baseline sample:
- Latest score/feedback:

| Sample | Conditions | Location | Date | What it does not show yet |
| ------ | ---------- | -------- | ---- | ------------------------- |
|        |            |          |      |                           |

#### Completed

- \[date] task — output/evidence location — result/next step

#### Errors, Risks, and Knowledge Gaps

| Error/risk | Evidence | Likely cause/confidence | Next treatment and stop condition |
| ---------- | -------- | ----------------------- | --------------------------------- |

#### Methods That Worked

- Method — conditions — evidence

#### Hypotheses to Test

- Hypothesis — counterexample — next test — deadline

#### Latest Handover

- Completed and evidence:
- Facts still unconfirmed:
- Open decisions:
- Cost/rework so far:
- First action when reopening:
- People to notify or consult:

#### Next Action

1. Smallest next task:
2. Expected time:
3. Material needed:
4. Evidence to save:
5. Next review date:

## Cross-session Recovery Prompt

```text
Below is my learning-state file. In no more than six bullets, restate the state version, goal, current evidence, main errors, boundaries, and next action. Flag conflicts or missing information; do not pretend to remember another chat or invent facts absent from the file. Design one exercise only for the “smallest next task”: let me answer first, then give feedback against the acceptance criteria. Do not provide a complete answer unless I ask. Finish with five paste-ready updates: completed, evidence, errors/risks, handover, next action.

[paste Learning State]
```

An AI summary is not the source of truth. Resume from the file, saved work, sources, and version number; after a weekly review, update the [Weekly Review](https://byoungd.github.io/up/en/templates/weekly-review), [Evidence Chain](https://byoungd.github.io/up/en/templates/evidence-chain), and [90-Day Cycle Map](https://byoungd.github.io/up/en/templates/90-day-cycle) by their separate jobs instead of copying the same record.

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Source: [Life Level-up Guide](https://byoungd.github.io/up/en/templates/learning-state) · Manuscript updated: 2026-10-06. Content: [CC BY-NC 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).