diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 625a96c..18eb675 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -40,4 +40,3 @@ colorscheme.yml
 
 # taskwarrior
 taskwarrior/.config/task/task-sync.rc
-taskwarrior/.config/task/contexts
diff --git a/bash/.bash_profile b/bash/.bash_profile
index 483d4e6..c6c4f2a 100644
--- a/bash/.bash_profile
+++ b/bash/.bash_profile
@@ -10,33 +10,19 @@ export XDG_CONFIG_HOME=${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-"$HOME/.config"}
 # load global sh env vars
 [ -f "$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/sh/env" ] && source "$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/sh/env"
 if [ -d "$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/sh/env.d" ]; then
-    for _env in "$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/sh/env.d"/*.sh; do
-        . "$_env"
-    done
-    unset _env
-fi
-[ -f "$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/bash/env" ] && source "$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/bash/env"
-if [ -d "$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/bash/env.d" ]; then
-    for _env in "$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/bash/env.d"/*.sh; do
-        . "$_env"
-    done
-    unset _env
+  for _env in "$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/sh/env.d"/*.sh; do
+    . "$_env"
+  done
+  unset _env
 fi
 
 # load profile files vars
 [ -f "$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/sh/profile" ] && source "$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/sh/profile"
 if [ -d "$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/sh/profile.d" ]; then
-    for _profile in "$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/sh/profile.d"/*.sh; do
-        . "$_profile"
-    done
-    unset _profile
-fi
-[ -f "$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/bash/profile" ] && source "$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/bash/profile"
-if [ -d "$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/bash/profile.d" ]; then
-    for _profile in "$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/bash/profile.d"/*.sh; do
-        . "$_profile"
-    done
-    unset _profile
+  for _profile in "$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/sh/profile.d"/*.sh; do
+    . "$_profile"
+  done
+  unset _profile
 fi
 
 # shellcheck disable=SC1090
diff --git a/bash/.bashrc b/bash/.bashrc
index 230b896..28ee5e6 100644
--- a/bash/.bashrc
+++ b/bash/.bashrc
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
 #
 # ~/.bashrc
 #
diff --git a/bash/.config/bash/env.d/bash-history-xdg.sh b/bash/.config/bash/env.d/bash-history-xdg.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 4484941..0000000
--- a/bash/.config/bash/env.d/bash-history-xdg.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-export HISTFILE="${XDG_STATE_HOME}/bash/history"
-
-# bashrc, bash_profile, bash_logout currently unsupported
-# see  https://savannah.gnu.org/support/?108134
diff --git a/mail/.config/neomutt/settings b/mail/.config/neomutt/settings
index 0ad0317..735c43a 100644
--- a/mail/.config/neomutt/settings
+++ b/mail/.config/neomutt/settings
@@ -61,14 +61,7 @@ set sort = threads
 set sort_re     # thread based on regex below
 set reply_regex = "^(([Rr][Ee]?(\[[0-9]+\])?: *)?(\[[^]]+\] *)?)*"
 set quote_regex = "^( {0,4}[>|:#%]| {0,4}[A-Za-z0-9]+[>|]+)+"
-set sort_aux = last-date-received
-#### Thread ordering
-set use_threads=reverse
-set sort='last-date'
-set collapse_all = yes
-set uncollapse_new = no
-set thread_received = yes
-set narrow_tree=no
+set sort_aux = reverse-last-date-received
 # set date_format = "%z/%m/%d %I:%M%p"
 # set date_format = "%m/%d"
 # set index_format = "%4C [%Z]  %{%y/%b %d}  %-20.20F  %s"
@@ -95,6 +88,13 @@ set menu_scroll = yes
 set tilde # show tildes for blank lines
 unset markers # no + markers for wrapped stuff
 set wrap = 90
+#### Thread ordering
+set use_threads=reverse
+set sort='last-date'
+set collapse_all = yes
+set uncollapse_new = no
+set thread_received = yes
+set narrow_tree=no
 # hide headers except for those explicitly unignored
 ignore *
 unignore From To Cc Bcc Date Subject Message-ID
diff --git a/nvim/.config/nvim/init.lua b/nvim/.config/nvim/init.lua
index ad79d2c..3001dfc 100644
--- a/nvim/.config/nvim/init.lua
+++ b/nvim/.config/nvim/init.lua
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
--- many ideas for this config come from
+-- much of this config comes from
 -- https://github.com/elianiva/dotfiles/ - with much gratitude
+local augroup = require("helpers.augroup")
 local api = vim.api
 
 require('settings')
@@ -8,28 +9,34 @@ require('look')
 require('maps')
 
 -- Highlight whatever is being yanked
-vim.api.nvim_create_autocmd({ "TextYankPost" }, {
-    command = 'silent! lua require"vim.highlight".on_yank{timeout=500}',
-    desc = "Highlight yanked text whenevery yanking something",
-    group = vim.api.nvim_create_augroup('highlightyanks', { clear = true }),
-})
+augroup({
+    {
+        'TextYankPost', '*',
+        'silent! lua require"vim.highlight".on_yank{timeout=500}'
+    }
+}, 'highlightyanks')
+
+-- Compile on plugin edits
+augroup({{'BufWritePost', 'plugins.lua', 'PackerCompile'}}, 'compilepackages')
 
 -- Special setting for editing gopass files - make sure nothing leaks outside the directories it is supposed to
-vim.api.nvim_create_autocmd({ "BufNewFile", "BufRead" }, {
-    pattern = { "/dev/shm/gopass.*", "/dev/shm/pass.?*/?*.txt", "$TMPDIR/pass.?*/?*.txt", "/tmp/pass.?*/?*.txt" },
-    command = 'setlocal noswapfile nobackup noundofile nowritebackup viminfo=',
-    desc = "Don't leak any information when editing potential password files",
-    group = vim.api.nvim_create_augroup('passnoleak', { clear = true }),
-})
-
-api.nvim_exec('runtime abbrev.vim', false)
+augroup({
+    {
+        'BufNewFile,BufRead', '/dev/shm/gopass.*',
+        'setlocal noswapfile nobackup noundofile nowritebackup viminfo='
+    }, {
+        'BufNewFile,BufRead', '/dev/shm/pass.?*/?*.txt',
+        'setlocal noswapfile nobackup noundofile nowritebackup viminfo='
+    }, {
+        'BufNewFile,BufRead', '$TMPDIR/pass.?*/?*.txt',
+        'setlocal noswapfile nobackup noundofile nowritebackup viminfo='
+    }, {
+        'BufNewFile,BufRead', '/tmp/pass.?*/?*.txt',
+        'setlocal noswapfile nobackup noundofile nowritebackup viminfo='
+    }
+}, 'passnoleak')
 
 -- fixing neovim opening up at same moment as alacritty (see https://github.com/neovim/neovim/issues/11330)
-vim.api.nvim_create_autocmd({ "VimEnter" }, {
-    callback = function()
-        local pid, WINCH = vim.fn.getpid(), vim.loop.constants.SIGWINCH
-        vim.defer_fn(function() vim.loop.kill(pid, WINCH) end, 20)
-    end,
-    desc = "Fix neovim sizing issues if opening same time as alacritty",
-    group = vim.api.nvim_create_augroup('alacritty_fixsize', { clear = true }),
-})
+augroup({{'VimEnter', '*', 'silent exec "!kill -s SIGWINCH $PPID"'}}, 'fixsize')
+
+api.nvim_exec('runtime abbrev.vim', false)
diff --git a/nvim/.config/nvim/lua/plug/_format.lua b/nvim/.config/nvim/lua/plug/_format.lua
index 85021e8..815e837 100644
--- a/nvim/.config/nvim/lua/plug/_format.lua
+++ b/nvim/.config/nvim/lua/plug/_format.lua
@@ -54,12 +54,9 @@ local formatters = {
 
 require('formatter').setup({logging = false, filetype = formatters})
 
--- Format on save:
 -- gather filetypes to autocorrect for each activated formatter above
-for k, _ in pairs(formatters) do
-    vim.api.nvim_create_autocmd({"Filetype " .. k}, {
-        command = "autocmd BufWritePost <buffer> FormatWrite",
-        desc = "Automatically format on write",
-        group = vim.api.nvim_create_augroup('formatonsave', {clear = true})
-    })
-end
+local filetype = ""
+for k, _ in pairs(formatters) do filetype = filetype .. "," .. k end
+augroup({
+    {'FileType', filetype, 'autocmd', 'BufWritePost', '<buffer>', 'FormatWrite'}
+}, 'formatonsave')
diff --git a/nvim/.config/nvim/lua/plugins.lua b/nvim/.config/nvim/lua/plugins.lua
index a9ad28b..770b1c0 100644
--- a/nvim/.config/nvim/lua/plugins.lua
+++ b/nvim/.config/nvim/lua/plugins.lua
@@ -2,16 +2,15 @@ local install_path = vim.fn.stdpath("data") .. "/pack/packer/start/packer.nvim"
 
 if vim.fn.empty(vim.fn.glob(install_path)) > 0 then
     vim.cmd("!git clone https://github.com/wbthomason/packer.nvim " ..
-        install_path)
+                install_path)
 end
 
--- Compile on plugin edits
-vim.api.nvim_create_autocmd({ "BufWritePost" }, {
-    pattern = "plugins.lua",
-    command = "PackerCompile",
-    desc = "Compile plugins after editing plugin list",
-    group = vim.api.nvim_create_augroup('compilepackages', { clear = true })
-})
+vim.api.nvim_exec([[
+  augroup Packer
+    autocmd!
+    autocmd BufWritePost plugins.lua PackerCompile
+  augroup END
+]], false)
 
 local use = require("packer").use
 require("packer").startup(function()
diff --git a/qutebrowser/.config/qutebrowser/alias.py b/qutebrowser/.config/qutebrowser/alias.py
index 0968d5a..60c6a18 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/.config/qutebrowser/alias.py
+++ b/qutebrowser/.config/qutebrowser/alias.py
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ c.aliases["add-shaarli"] = "spawn --userscript shaarli_add.sh"
 # re-opens the current page on the web archive overview page
 c.aliases["send-to-archive"] = "open https://web.archive.org/web/{url}"
 
+# sends current page to outline and thus through readability mode
+c.aliases["send-to-outline"] = "open https://outline.com/{url}"
+
 # save current page to pdf file
 c.aliases["save_to_pdf"] = "spawn --userscript pagetopdf.sh"
 
diff --git a/qutebrowser/.config/qutebrowser/maps.py b/qutebrowser/.config/qutebrowser/maps.py
index 6c09877..56061d3 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/.config/qutebrowser/maps.py
+++ b/qutebrowser/.config/qutebrowser/maps.py
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ config.bind(";w", "hint links userscript wallabag_add.sh")  # add link to wallab
 config.bind('"s', "add-shaarli", mode="normal")
 
 config.bind('"a', "send-to-archive", mode="normal")
+config.bind('"o', "send-to-outline", mode="normal")
 
 config.bind('"t', "translate-page-google", mode="normal")
 config.bind('"T', "translate-selection-google", mode="normal")
diff --git a/sh/.config/sh/alias b/sh/.config/sh/alias
index a6a247c..2a28d55 100644
--- a/sh/.config/sh/alias
+++ b/sh/.config/sh/alias
@@ -24,12 +24,12 @@ alias :q="exit"
 
 # ls defaults
 if exist exa; then
-    alias l="exa -l --git --git-ignore --group-directories-first"
-    alias L="exa -hal --grid --git --group-directories-first"
+    alias l="exa -l --git --git-ignore"
+    alias L="exa -hal --grid --git"
     # a recursive tree
     # - usually want to change levels recursed with -L2 -L3 or similar
-    alias ll="exa --tree -L2 --group-directories-first"
-    alias LL="exa -a --tree -L2 --group-directories-first"
+    alias ll="exa --tree -L2"
+    alias LL="exa -a --tree -L2"
 else
     alias l="ls -lhF"
     alias L="ls -lAhF"
diff --git a/sh/.config/sh/env b/sh/.config/sh/env
index db99a4e..8e8a25f 100644
--- a/sh/.config/sh/env
+++ b/sh/.config/sh/env
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@
 # shellcheck source=xdg
 [ -f ~/.config/sh/xdg ] && . ~/.config/sh/xdg
 
+# anything on BIN_HOME should be executable form anywhere
+export PATH="$PATH:$XDG_BIN_HOME"
+
 ###############################
 ## BEGIN GLOBAL ENV VARS     ##
 ###############################
diff --git a/sh/.config/sh/xdg b/sh/.config/sh/xdg
index 8738649..bfac400 100644
--- a/sh/.config/sh/xdg
+++ b/sh/.config/sh/xdg
@@ -18,12 +18,12 @@
 test "$XDG_CACHE_HOME" || export XDG_CACHE_HOME="$HOME/.cache"
 test "$XDG_CONFIG_HOME" || export XDG_CONFIG_HOME="$HOME/.config"
 test "$XDG_DATA_HOME" || export XDG_DATA_HOME="$HOME/.local/share"
-test "$XDG_STATE_HOME" || export XDG_STATE_HOME="$HOME/.local/state"
 
 # Desktop environment XDG variables - mimics `xdg-user-dirs` settings, only lowercased and not localized
 test "$XDG_DESKTOP_DIR" || export XDG_DESKTOP_DIR="$HOME/desktop"
 test "$XDG_DOCUMENTS_DIR" || export XDG_DOCUMENTS_DIR="$HOME/documents"
 test "$XDG_DOWNLOAD_DIR" || export XDG_DOWNLOAD_DIR="$HOME/downloads"
+test "$XDG_PROJECTS_DIR" || export XDG_PROJECTS_DIR="$HOME/projects"
 
 export XDG_MUSIC_DIR="$HOME/media/audio/music"
 export XDG_PICTURES_DIR="$HOME/pictures"
@@ -31,10 +31,7 @@ export XDG_VIDEOS_DIR="$HOME/videos"
 
 ## Non-Standard additions
 # non-standard, is added to path to enable execution of any files herein
-test "$XDG_PROJECTS_DIR" || export XDG_PROJECTS_DIR="$HOME/projects"
 test "$XDG_BIN_HOME" || export XDG_BIN_HOME="$HOME/.local/bin"
-# anything on BIN_HOME should be executable form anywhere
-export PATH="$PATH:$XDG_BIN_HOME"
 
 xdg_isThere() {
     if [ -e "$1" ] || [ -h "$1" ]; then
@@ -67,31 +64,6 @@ xdg_isThere "$XDG_PROJECTS_DIR" || xdg_makeForUser "$XDG_PROJECTS_DIR"
 unset -f xdg_isThere xdg_makeForUser
 
 ## Applications that can be set through environment variables
-export ANDROID_HOME="$XDG_DATA_HOME/android"
-export ATOM_HOME="$XDG_DATA_HOME/atom"
-export CARGO_HOME="$XDG_DATA_HOME/cargo"
-export DOCKER_CONFIG="$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/docker"
-export GEM_HOME="$XDG_DATA_HOME/gem"
-export GEM_SPEC_CACHE="$XDG_CACHE_HOME/gem"
-export GNUPGHOME="$XDG_DATA_HOME/gnupg"
-export GRADLE_USER_HOME="$XDG_DATA_HOME/gradle"
-export GRIPHOME="$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/grip"
-export IMAPFILTER_HOME="$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/imapfilter"
-export IPYTHONDIR="$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/ipython"
-export KDEHOME="$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/kde"
-export KODI_DATA="$XDG_DATA_HOME/kodi"
-export LESSHISTFILE="XDG_STATE_HOME/lesshst"
-export MPLAYER_HOME="$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/mplayer"
-export NODE_REPL_HISTORY="$XDG_STATE_HOME/node_repl_history"
 export NVM_DIR="$XDG_DATA_HOME/nvm"
-export PYTHONSTARTUP="$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/python/pythonrc"
-export SQLITE_HISTORY="$XDG_STATE_HOME/sqlite_history"
-export TEXMFVAR="$XDG_CACHE_HOME/texlive/texmf-var"
 export TMUX_PLUGIN_MANAGER_PATH="$XDG_DATA_HOME/tmux"
-export VAGRANT_HOME="$XDG_DATA_HOME/vagrant"
-export WINEPREFIX="$XDG_DATA_HOME/wine"
 export ZDOTDIR="$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/zsh"
-export _JAVA_OPTIONS=-Djava.util.prefs.userRoot="$XDG_CONFIG_HOME"/java
-
-alias yarn='yarn --use-yarnrc "$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/yarn/config"'
-alias wget='wget --hsts-file="$XDG_STATE_HOME/wget-hsts"'
diff --git a/taskwarrior/.config/task/taskopenrc b/taskwarrior/.config/task/taskopenrc
index d711088..7b5466d 100644
--- a/taskwarrior/.config/task/taskopenrc
+++ b/taskwarrior/.config/task/taskopenrc
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ path_ext = /usr/share/taskopen/scripts
 
 [Actions]
 notes.regex = "Note"
-notes.command = "$EDITOR ${XDG_DATA_HOME:-~/.local/share}/task/notes/$UUID.md"
+notes.command = "$EDITOR ${XDG_DATA_HOME:-~/.local/share}/task/notes/$UUID.txt"
 
 [CLI]
 
diff --git a/taskwarrior/.config/task/taskrc b/taskwarrior/.config/task/taskrc
index 2b2f55d..1077e86 100644
--- a/taskwarrior/.config/task/taskrc
+++ b/taskwarrior/.config/task/taskrc
@@ -60,12 +60,6 @@ urgency.annotations.coefficient=0
 urgency.user.tag.maybe.coefficient=-100.0
 urgency.user.tag.next.coefficient=5.0
 
-# things that are blocking simply have to be done before
-# being able to do the blocked thing. This ensures that.
-urgency.blocked.coefficient=0.0
-urgency.blocking.coefficient=0.0
-urgency.inherit=1
-
 # Holidays for calendar
 include /usr/share/doc/task/rc/holidays.de-DE.rc
 
@@ -75,9 +69,6 @@ include colorscheme
 # Taskserver sync settings
 include task-sync.rc
 
-# My personal tw contexts (e.g. work/personal)
-include contexts
-
 # try to fix some color weirdness, especially in tmux
 # color.scheduled=on grey
 
@@ -91,4 +82,8 @@ report._reviewed.columns=uuid
 report._reviewed.sort=reviewed+,modified+
 report._reviewed.filter=( reviewed.none: or reviewed.before:now-6days ) and ( +PENDING or +WAITING )
 
+# different life contexts
+context.arbeit.read=project:arbeit
+context.arbeit.write=project:arbeit
+context.personal.read=project.hasnt:arbeit
 news.version=2.6.0
diff --git a/zsh/.config/zsh/.zshrc b/zsh/.config/zsh/.zshrc
index efd8c82..62be501 100644
--- a/zsh/.config/zsh/.zshrc
+++ b/zsh/.config/zsh/.zshrc
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ compinit
 PLUG_FOLDER="/usr/share/zsh/plugins"
 source /usr/share/oh-my-zsh/plugins/colored-man-pages/colored-man-pages.plugin.zsh
 source /usr/share/oh-my-zsh/plugins/command-not-found/command-not-found.plugin.zsh
-source /usr/share/fzf/key-bindings.zsh
 #source /usr/share/nvm/init-nvm.sh
 [ -e $PLUG_FOLDER/fzf-tab/fzf-tab.plugin.zsh ] && source $PLUG_FOLDER/fzf-tab/fzf-tab.plugin.zsh
 # these need to be sourced after fzf-tab
@@ -31,12 +30,21 @@ source /usr/share/fzf/key-bindings.zsh
 unset PLUG_FOLDER
 
 # simple fzf-tab settings
-zstyle ":fzf-tab:*" fzf-flags "--ansi" "--expect='$continuous_trigger,$print_query'" "--color=hl:$(($#headers == 0 ? 108 : 255))" "--nth=2,3" "--layout=reverse" "--height=${FZF_TMUX_HEIGHT:-75%}" "--tiebreak=begin" "-m" "--bind=tab:down,btab:up,change:top,ctrl-space:toggle" "--cycle" "--query=$query" "--header-lines=$#headers" "--print-query"
-
-zstyle ':fzf-tab:*' fzf-command fzf
+FZF_TAB_COMMAND=(
+    fzf
+    --ansi                                      # Enable ANSI color support, necessary for showing groups
+    --expect='$continuous_trigger,$print_query' # For continuous completion and print query
+    '--color=hl:$(( $#headers == 0 ? 108 : 255 ))'
+    --nth=2,3 --delimiter='\x00' # Don't search prefix
+    --layout=reverse --height='${FZF_TMUX_HEIGHT:=75%}'
+    --tiebreak=begin -m --bind=tab:down,btab:up,change:top,ctrl-space:toggle --cycle
+    '--query=$query'           # $query will be expanded to query string at runtime.
+    '--header-lines=$#headers' # $#headers will be expanded to lines of headers at runtime
+    --print-query
+)
+zstyle ':fzf-tab:*' command $FZF_TAB_COMMAND
 # format colorful groups for different completion actions
 zstyle ':completion:*:descriptions' format '[%d]'
-zstyle ':fzf-tab:*' show-group brief
 # use input as query string when completing zlua
 zstyle ':fzf-tab:complete:_zlua:*' query-string input
 # (experimental, may change in the future)
@@ -163,14 +171,14 @@ bindkey '^P' history-beginning-search-backward
 bindkey '^N' history-beginning-search-forward
 
 # search history backwards <c-r>
-bindkey '^o' history-incremental-search-backward
+bindkey '^r' history-incremental-search-backward
 # cycle through history results
 bindkey -M isearch '^P' history-incremental-search-backward
 bindkey -M isearch '^N' history-incremental-search-forward
 
 # Send command to editor and back for execution
 zle -N edit-command-line
-bindkey '^e' edit-command-line
+bindkey -M vicmd '^e' edit-command-line
 
 # Deduplicate PATH - remove any duplicate entries from PATH
 # from: https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/40749/remove-duplicate-path-entries-with-awk-command
diff --git a/zsh/.zshenv b/zsh/.zshenv
index dd930d3..0f2caf2 100644
--- a/zsh/.zshenv
+++ b/zsh/.zshenv
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@
 
 # make zsh source the correct directory
 export XDG_CONFIG_HOME=${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-"$HOME/.config"}
-ZDOTDIR="${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-"$HOME/.config"}/zsh"
+ZDOTDIR="$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/zsh"