"‘You see this?’ he’d inquire, raising his palm so the cook could see the dirt and scraps on his chef’s palm. ‘That’s what the inside of your head looks like now.’" Anthony Bourdain
this was a resonating tooling for the data mechanix's toolbox like myself.
will pour over Tiago's many composites as it creates added value to my own self ascribed system.
perhaps- like trading systems being & becoming idiosyncratic it may be fair judgement for me to stop here . . . . . . but let's see what can happen. my HD has one folder - SEE (my initials) under this folder rests about 25 supportive folders. in this list are 3 consequential folders - 2 are what I call Life Year folders & the third is the existential powerhouse folder called LIFE. My birthday year is my life year. so this year my folder named "Projects LY63" gets all of my folders pertaining to actionable themes by day. these are dynamic like a garage - gaining, retaining respective data to the folder's name. every folder starts with yyyy-mm-dd for structure. "Projects LY63 Finished" gets all of those folders from the actionable projects folder as when appropriately determined. I live my life everyday with 22 Actionable Themed folders - "Trading","House","Bicycle","Coding","Welding" & on. Each birthday week i move the contents of these 2 LY## folders into the respective actionable themed folder, but move them into a LY## folder to better curate the enormity of the data insert. My Trading folder will have a LY63 folder with all respective events preceded by past LY* folders. All of my actionable themed folders are curating in the same method. Come the 1st day after my birthday I build 2 new LY64 folders - Projects & Finished & anything still in the works in Projects is moved to the LY64 folder as "Open LY63". why? - 10 years ago I started a daily analog journal as an educational enterprise for self reflection & improvement. from each of these yearly planners i took all of the data for the LY & summed it all into a 10 year annual 'book'. I did this from age48 to age60. the project was infinitely successful for me. the first couple of LY efforts were scrapings & gatherings looking for structure. by year effort #4 I had quickly adapted & choreographed the necessary structure & its discerning entities to carry me forward with a resonance & profoundness I could not have imagined from the hardscrabble beginning. the trick to becoming purposeful in one's efforts is start expressing one's uniqueness through their personal LY birthday as the most productive timeline.
I'm astounded. This is a very elaborate system. I like the concept of the life year vs. calendar year, the annual reset and the resulting 'book'. I keep an analog daily journal but don't have a process to reflect on the year. Is this all analog? It must be quite a filing cabinet.
only 2 items are analog: 1) the 12 years of PlanAhead yearly planners set up for my LY start & end
2) the large leather bound journal that took in each LY annual summary on the eve of my birthday. Each annual review covers the same 'groups' of interest for actions & reflections.
All else - are curated digitally in Folders of Priority. Each of these folders may receive a LY# folder toward the respective primary priority's folder. All of this coordination makes my searches very efficient. The 2 compositions or repositories of the analog side of my efforts are a treat to browse thru . . . "what did I do on this day? . . . . across 12 years. fun. any other curiosities feel welcomed to inquire. 2 main folders in my current PATH: Projects - LY63 and Projects - LY63 Finished. these 2 folders are the repository for every one of my efforts as the LY progresses. it has been a very successful journey . . . .
one of the coolest contributions in the Annual Book for LY reviews -- concerning the highest priority: Projects - LY63 Finished. i will get this listing of all the folders of efforts into a list that fits on 3 card stock pages. Once i get this list of efforts into the Annual Book during my annual review --- i make the effort to rank all of these 'folders of efforts' in importance & greatest contribution to my betterment & growth through the conspicuous challenge --- i select & rank from 1 to 5 those highest in quality results. And, this resonated!! any time i pull open the book during a period of reflection & introspection.
Funny, I've also been thinking about productivity apps lately.
I've pretty much settled on the following approach: 1) a to-do list app for the capture phase 2) then once at a keyboard, I organise the information in Notion
I’ve been using his method for over a year with the Notion app 👍
Getting more into Notion. Michael Fritzell told me about the toggle feature and I'm starting to love it.
this was a resonating tooling for the data mechanix's toolbox like myself.
will pour over Tiago's many composites as it creates added value to my own self ascribed system.
perhaps- like trading systems being & becoming idiosyncratic it may be fair judgement for me to stop here . . . . . . but let's see what can happen. my HD has one folder - SEE (my initials) under this folder rests about 25 supportive folders. in this list are 3 consequential folders - 2 are what I call Life Year folders & the third is the existential powerhouse folder called LIFE. My birthday year is my life year. so this year my folder named "Projects LY63" gets all of my folders pertaining to actionable themes by day. these are dynamic like a garage - gaining, retaining respective data to the folder's name. every folder starts with yyyy-mm-dd for structure. "Projects LY63 Finished" gets all of those folders from the actionable projects folder as when appropriately determined. I live my life everyday with 22 Actionable Themed folders - "Trading","House","Bicycle","Coding","Welding" & on. Each birthday week i move the contents of these 2 LY## folders into the respective actionable themed folder, but move them into a LY## folder to better curate the enormity of the data insert. My Trading folder will have a LY63 folder with all respective events preceded by past LY* folders. All of my actionable themed folders are curating in the same method. Come the 1st day after my birthday I build 2 new LY64 folders - Projects & Finished & anything still in the works in Projects is moved to the LY64 folder as "Open LY63". why? - 10 years ago I started a daily analog journal as an educational enterprise for self reflection & improvement. from each of these yearly planners i took all of the data for the LY & summed it all into a 10 year annual 'book'. I did this from age48 to age60. the project was infinitely successful for me. the first couple of LY efforts were scrapings & gatherings looking for structure. by year effort #4 I had quickly adapted & choreographed the necessary structure & its discerning entities to carry me forward with a resonance & profoundness I could not have imagined from the hardscrabble beginning. the trick to becoming purposeful in one's efforts is start expressing one's uniqueness through their personal LY birthday as the most productive timeline.
I'm astounded. This is a very elaborate system. I like the concept of the life year vs. calendar year, the annual reset and the resulting 'book'. I keep an analog daily journal but don't have a process to reflect on the year. Is this all analog? It must be quite a filing cabinet.
thanks for feedback & the inquiry . . . . .
only 2 items are analog: 1) the 12 years of PlanAhead yearly planners set up for my LY start & end
2) the large leather bound journal that took in each LY annual summary on the eve of my birthday. Each annual review covers the same 'groups' of interest for actions & reflections.
All else - are curated digitally in Folders of Priority. Each of these folders may receive a LY# folder toward the respective primary priority's folder. All of this coordination makes my searches very efficient. The 2 compositions or repositories of the analog side of my efforts are a treat to browse thru . . . "what did I do on this day? . . . . across 12 years. fun. any other curiosities feel welcomed to inquire. 2 main folders in my current PATH: Projects - LY63 and Projects - LY63 Finished. these 2 folders are the repository for every one of my efforts as the LY progresses. it has been a very successful journey . . . .
one of the coolest contributions in the Annual Book for LY reviews -- concerning the highest priority: Projects - LY63 Finished. i will get this listing of all the folders of efforts into a list that fits on 3 card stock pages. Once i get this list of efforts into the Annual Book during my annual review --- i make the effort to rank all of these 'folders of efforts' in importance & greatest contribution to my betterment & growth through the conspicuous challenge --- i select & rank from 1 to 5 those highest in quality results. And, this resonated!! any time i pull open the book during a period of reflection & introspection.
You need Obsidian in your life!
I've tried it but it became duplicative with Evernote 😥 Switching cost..
Yeah Evernote is like Oracle...
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Exactly what I was thinking while reading.
Obsidian is such a gift it’s unreal.
Funny, I've also been thinking about productivity apps lately.
I've pretty much settled on the following approach: 1) a to-do list app for the capture phase 2) then once at a keyboard, I organise the information in Notion
https://youtu.be/7M6bIeVbCqA
You helped me rediscover Notion! Using evernote to capture/organize, google notes/keeps for quick notes. Still not settled on the actual to-do list.
Yeah, I'm finding that to-do lists often get clogged up.
I now have a few different ones:
• Todoist "add task" icon on my home screen
Once I'm at a computer, I either do the tasks directly or I transfer them to Google Calendar or other to-do lists in Notion:
• Personal or work tasks
• New Substack post ideas
• New stock ideas
• To buy