An example; Chris Bowler recommended Collected Goodness. A really interesting site that seems just as much commonplace/memory-palace as blog.
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Prepping the big top for the big show.
“The best way to get over your fears is to live through them.”
— Beatrix, age 10.
Cal Newport performs and experiment where he asks people to give up social media and report back their findings. The results? They maintained similar habits except they replaced the digital with the analog.
Curtis McHale also has a cool way of organizing and storing his book notes. More inspiration.
Though, I shall continue to use Shawn Blanc’s Index of Ideas method as a springboard for comping up with my own way.
Current Thought Pattern: What is the point of having cake if you’re not planning on eating it too? Why would one just let the cake sit there? To admire it? To enjoy the way it looks? No. I’m going to have the cake and eat it too or not have it at all.
Research…
Deletist — Noun; /dɪˈliːtɪst/; a person who deletes their data in the quest for anonymity, privacy and minimalism: paving the way for ethical decentralised systems. (h/t David Chartier)