diff --git a/src_files/.config/tmux/tmux.conf b/src_files/.config/tmux/tmux.conf
index 00ebf0c..08cc880 100644
--- a/src_files/.config/tmux/tmux.conf
+++ b/src_files/.config/tmux/tmux.conf
@@ -26,5 +26,5 @@ bind Q rename-session zzzz-temp-kill\; switch-client -p\; kill-session -t zzzz-t
 # use tmux-sessionizer in place of f find
 bind-key -r f run-shell "tmux neww ~/.local/bin/tmux-sessionizer"
 
-# bind -r D neww -c "#{pane_current_path}" "[[ -e TODO.md ]] && nvim TODO.md || nvim ~/personal/dev/todo.md"
+# bind -r D neww -c "#{pane_current_path}" "[[ -e TODO.md ]] && $EDITOR TODO.md || $EDITOR ~/personal/dev/todo.md"
 
diff --git a/src_files/.config/zsh/.zshrc-life-system b/src_files/.config/zsh/.zshrc-life-system
index 24f8e8a..c80518e 100644
--- a/src_files/.config/zsh/.zshrc-life-system
+++ b/src_files/.config/zsh/.zshrc-life-system
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # life system shortcuts
-alias life-system='cd ~/dbox/life/system; clear; ls'
-alias goals='clear; sed -n 2,7p ~/dbox/life/system/direction/goals/current-goals.txt'
-alias note='cd ~/dbox/life/system/tasks/inbox; vim'
-alias todo='cd ~/dbox/life/system/tasks; vim +5 todo.txt'
-alias budget="open ~/dbox/life/finance/budget/.current"
+alias life-system="cd $HOMEBOX/life/system; clear; ls"
+alias goals="clear; sed -n 2,7p $HOMEBOX/life/system/direction/goals/current-goals.txt"
+alias note="cd $HOMEBOX/life/system/tasks/inbox; $EDITOR"
+alias todo="cd $HOMEBOX/life/system/tasks; $EDITOR +5 todo.txt"
+alias budget="open $HOMEBOX/life/finance/budget/.current"
 
diff --git a/src_files/.zshrc b/src_files/.zshrc
index 27ca8e0..810debd 100644
--- a/src_files/.zshrc
+++ b/src_files/.zshrc
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 set -o vi
 
 # env vars
-export EDITOR='nvim'
+export EDITOR='vim' # TODO: update to nvim once configured
 export HOMEBOX=$HOME'/dbox'
 export DEVDIR=$HOME'/dev'
 
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ export PATH=$PATH:/opt/homebrew/opt/ccache/libexec
 
 # executable name overrides
 alias ls='ls -F'
-alias vim='nvim'
+#alias vim='nvim'
 
 # shortcuts for common commands
 alias 3e='echo;echo;echo'