Welcoem to posts!!
in the future - u will be able to do some more stuff here,,,!! like pat catgirl- i mean um yeah... for now u can only see others's posts :c
Tomorrow at 6 am Pacific, I’ll reveal how to get my new favorite Obsidian theme, "Soft Paper," including the code to copy. Don't miss it!
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I finally took a break.
It's rare that I feel like I've actually taken a break. Vacations don't usually count. You can go on vacations and feel exhilarated, but not really relaxed. We've now run 13 LYT Workshop and 1 WOW Workshop. Since I started Linking Your Thinking in the summer of 2020, it's basically felt like a nonstop sprint—especially at the beginning because I was working full-time as a TV editor while moonlighting LYT (moonLYTing hehe).
And I was going hard before the pandemic. From 2016 to 2020, I was working hard enter the entertainment industry, starting out as a lowly production assistant, before finishing as a TV editor.
So in the past year, I've started to find more time for small breaks, usually in the form of weekend retreats with others, but not just by myself.
Why is it so hard to firmly schedule time just to be with ourselves?
Well, last month, I've been on a major break. I haven't responded to anything. I haven't done any of the things I've grown accustom to doing. No tweets. No YouTube vids. I even skipped a weekly newsletter (don't tell anyone)!
One reason, was that I got sick, again. I've been getting sick more often. Hmm, that might be a signal. Sure, I'm not getting younger, but still, I don't like how easily I seem to get sick now. Too much working and too much sitting. So I decided to go on a personal retreat to the mountains. It was supposed to be from Friday to Sunday, but I extended it to Tuesday. It became a major life audit. I made so many discoveries and recognized so many short-comings in the person I aspire to be.
I did many exercises, some of which I'm not ready to share yet. However, tomorrow at 6 AM Pacific Time, I'll release a new video featuring my epic life audit template that had a major personal impact. I hope it helps you as much as it did for me.
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I have a new video coming out tomorrow at 6 AM Pacific Time.
I've been doing YouTube all wrong. For a while now, I've been hyper-focused on all the stuff that happens AFTER YouTube (our live workshops and cool products and stuff). That means, I’ve neglected connecting with you, here.
In this video, I'll break down my mistakes as an accidental creator, what I’ve learned, and how I plan to change my approach to create more value for you moving forward.
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I’m hosting a free event called Livewriting 101, where you write your own originally written work in 101 words. It's a free one-time event on Tuesday, April 23rd at 9am pacific (60 min).
Register: lu.ma/ezke02m8
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My Architects & Gardeners talk in Utrecht, Netherlands at the PKM Summit is now live! It is a long one, but I'm proud of it and truly believe this framework is at the heart of all knowledge and creative work.
My goal for the talk is to show how the Architect & Gardener framework is one of the most empowering frameworks for any of our problem-solving and creative efforts—and how you can use linked notes to reliably move between styles.
If you watch it, please make a comment about what the A&G framework got you thinking about.
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This tweet last month spawned my first video in a while. What do you think? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mutS7...
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Why do you make digital notes?
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Are you an Architect or a Gardener?
We have two thinking styles. It's the way we solve problems and do creative things. We move between both. But we each have a natural tendency:
• Architects are more top-down thinkers that prioritize order and organization.
• Gardeners are more bottom-up thinkers that prioritize creativity and curiosity.
What to know which one you are? Here is the easiest way to determine your natural thinking style. When you are in the early stages of a new work:
Do you know the end of your story?
• If so, you are likely a natural architect.
• If not, you might be a natural gardener.
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I could use your help finally naming my newsletter. I send it on Fridays so let's lean into that. Knowing what you know about me, what do you think is the best name for it?
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Went for a reflective walk today. What do you use to record your audio? Does it have AI? I used otter.ai today but the transcriptions are not the best. I hear AudioPen is good. I'm also a fan of Superwhisper on desktop.
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This is an exciting time in "Personal Knowledge Management".
We now have the power to create something wonderfully meaningful—to us—and the people in our orbit.
With [[Linking Your Thinking]], my prime directive is helping you get more joy out of your digital notes.
You're going to be at home here. Especially if:
- You don't want to lose thoughts
- You might want to build and create things
- You are an independent thinker and interested in many things
And perhaps most importantly: You find thinking to be inherently valuable.
So...
If you're tired of switching apps and chasing the shiny stuff—and you're ready to regain a sense of trust and mastery with your digital notes...
And you're okay with putting in the work...
Then I promise you, that you can develop your own personalized, antifragile, flexible, and future-proofed PKM system.
It will be a system you can create and grow with—over decades.
And it will be a system that can give you peace of mind and tremendous joy.