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My weekly time-boxing process
Back in February, I wrote in a newsletter how I had started time-boxing my schedule again. Well, it’s now September, and that practice is still going strong. I recently wrote a Twitter thread on three of the benefits of time-boxing. Today, I wanted to focus on how I time-box my schedule each week. 1. I decide on my … Continue reading My weekly time-boxing process Read more
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My takeaways from my first PKM show and tell session
I participated in my first ever PKM show and tell session this week. Eight people attended this one-hour Zoom call. We spent 20 minutes doing introductions. We shared a little bit about who we are, where we’re from, what got us into PKM, and what the different components of our PKM currently look like. After this, we spent 20 minutes … Continue reading My takeaways from my first PKM show and tell session Read more
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Integrating MOCs with PARA
There are many motivations for maintaining a Personal Knowledge Management (PKM) system. Many books, courses, videos, articles, etc., also teach different ways to build a PKM system. This can sometimes confuse people because they don’t understand the purpose of a specific framework or aren’t consciously aware of why they want to build and maintain a PKM system. 💭 Why … Continue reading Integrating MOCs with PARA Read more
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Unhelpful thoughts and beliefs related to PKM
Something I’ve been reflecting on lately is unhelpful thoughts and beliefs related to personal knowledge management (PKM). One group of these thoughts I think are related to the Collector’s Fallacy. (I also see these related to bike-shedding and rabbit hole-ing.) These thoughts might look like: These thoughts are problematic because they lead you to collect too much. Soon, your … Continue reading Unhelpful thoughts and beliefs related to PKM Read more
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How do I know if my PKM is effective?
Between courses such as Building a Second Brain and Linking Your Thinking, books like How to Take Smart Notes, and the many other resources on personal knowledge management (PKM), the amount of information on building a PKM system can feel overwhelming. But how do I know if my PKM is effective? To answer this question, it’s essential to know … Continue reading How do I know if my PKM is effective? Read more
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A quick tour of my notes
I thought it would be interesting to give a quick tour of my Obsidian vault this week. To start, here is the current graph of my vault: Red nodes are source notes, blue nodes are temporal notes, and purple nodes are quotes. In my left sidebar, I have my habit tracker and PARA structure pinned (filled with dummy data for illustration … Continue reading A quick tour of my notes Read more