Category: Productivity
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My Fourth Serious Attempt at NaNoWriMo
It’s another year, and I have since heard that NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) as we knew it is gone. But despite that, it’s still the day after the sugar rush has ended, and that means it’s another autumn month dedicated to writing prose. This month marks my fourth consecutive year taking part in the…
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I Made an “Analog Game Boy” to Avoid Phone Scrolling
I’ve been a stationery junkie for years now. I really like analog writing tools in general, especially pocket notebooks. While gel pens have been my jam, I did start trying to use other tools like fountain pens and, of course, pencils a few years back. Despite how I have quite a few of them, however,…
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Dealing With How I Stopped Bullet Journaling
I never thought it could happen to me, but here we are. Years and years ago, when I first started to bullet journal, when I first made it a regular part of my practice, I recalled seeing several YouTube videos about it. However, there were also a few videos out there that largely seemed like…
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You Can Bullet Journal from the Terminal
I’ve used a bullet journal for several years now. I mean, it’s the very first thing I wrote about on this site. Additionally, I’ve been running Linux as a daily driver even longer than that, running only a few distros like Arch and openSUSE without distro hopping. As a result of running Linux so often,…
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I’m Done with Vim/Nvim Distros
This won’t be too long of a post, but it does somewhat connect with my most recent post about Dank Material Shell. After installing it, I enjoyed the rest of my setup as normal. This felt like the end-all addition to my Hyprland setup. However, I had a different, long-dormant issue that reared its ugly…
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My NaNoWriMo 2025 Results
December is here again! That can only mean my latest NaNoWriMo attempt is over. Now, before I go on, I’m fully aware that the official NaNoWriMo site is gone and everything, but I still follow the tradition in general regardless. I never really saw the NaNoWriMo event itself being tied so tightly to that organization.…
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My Third Serious Attempt at NaNoWriMo
November has arrived once more, and it’s that time of year all over again. Just as I did last year and the year before, I am once again throwing my hat into the ring and working on NaNoWriMo. As usual, if I’m going to do this again, there are going to besome ground rules. A…
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When Convenience Works Against Us
Here’s a hypothetical. Let’s say I developed an Android app for you to use. You can download it for free, and I give you two options on how you would rather have the app work: You download the app and get to keep full, private control of all your information and personal data. You surrender…
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Digital Minimalism and Minimalism Can Contradict
There’s this thing out there called “digital minimalism.” You may have heard of it. In short, it’s mostly the idea of digitally decluttering, using fewer apps and social media services on one’s phone or computer. In a perfect world, this leads to us being more productive with our technology overall because we have fewer things…
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I Only Consumed Physical Media From a Box for 2 Weeks. Here’s How It Went.
As my longtime readers know, I love watching videos on YouTube. I enjoy streaming videos from it whether it’s from my Linux machines or even my Xbox console. I even went as far as becoming a YouTube Premium subscriber for the past many years by now, as I love watching videos on my living room…
