I've always got a lot of books, podcasts, articles, etc., on the go. It's a habit I've picked up over many, many years. And generally, this is seen as a good habit. We're learning things. It feels like we're improving and getting better. And there certainly are worse things we could be doing with our time. But … Continue reading Six ways to increase the value of what we learn →

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 →

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 →

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: My Obsidian graph 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 … Continue reading A quick tour of my notes →

In Building a Second Brain, Tiago Forte discusses the concept of intermediate packets. I thought it might be useful to share an example of an intermediate packet I created recently during my participation in Relating Between the Lines. This intermediate packet is a list of tear-jerkers. It may be useful in future conversations with friends, … Continue reading Intermediate Packet Example: Tear-Jerkers →

I use Obsidian for my PKM system. When it comes to implementing PARA in Obsidian, there are three different popular approaches: folder-based, MOC-based, and a hybrid approach. I'll provide a quick overview of these approaches and some of their pros and cons here. Basic structure Above I have these three different PARA approaches implemented next two each other. On the left, … Continue reading Different PARA implementations in Obsidian →

Back in June, I blogged about the impact of long-lived projects. If you're following a PARA structure, projects should be short-lived. Think along the lines of 1-2 weeks in duration. This ensures that you're always focused on only the most immediate and actionable things, you develop a feeling of consistent project as you regularly complete projects, and … Continue reading Dealing with too many projects →

Back in Building a Second Brain Cohort 12, I created a flowchart for determining where information should be stored in a PARA structure. I thought it would be useful to apply this flowchart to a practical example. Let's suppose you took notes from a seminar on things that you may be aware of during meditation. Where in PARA should you … Continue reading Deciding where to store something in PARA →