Tag: 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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Fabric.so Is Amazing, But It’s Not For Me
Full disclosure here: This is one of the hardest posts I’ve ever had to write for my site, period. 11 months ago, I decided to try Fabric.so sometime after someone from their site reached out to me and asked if I was interested in it. I was then compensated with a free one-year pro subscription…
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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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I Tried 3 YNAB Alternatives. Here’s the Free One I Switched To.
You may not know it about me, but I was a longtime YNAB user. I really liked how good the app was at letting me track spending, finances, and how much was being spent in one category or another. In fact, using YNAB several years ago is the reason I no longer have an auto…
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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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We’re In a Keyboard Phone Renaissance
I’m already using a Clicks keyboard on my current Pixel 9, and I am mostly satisfied with how my Pixel 9 has performed so far. Despite that, however, I was excited to see the upcoming announcements from Clicks: the Power Keyboard and the Communicator. That said, the Power Keyboard looks much less interesting to me…
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I Replaced My Second Brain (and PARA) With My Own Digital System
It’s surely been a while, as 2026 is now approaching. Quite a bit of time has passed since I stopped using the whole BASB “Second Brain” system as conceived by Tiago Forte, almost two months to be more specific. However, that doesn’t exactly mean I stopped using Obsidian altogether. When it comes to meaningful note-taking…
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Why I’m Giving Up on a Second Brain
I never thought I’d type this, but here we are. It’s been a fun ride for the past few years, but I saw the writing on the wall a good while back when I felt compelled to restart my second brain in the first place. I really didn’t want to think it was over, and…
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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…
