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PTPL 018: Including—How Other Apps Are Shaping My Productivity System

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PTPL 018: Including—How Other Apps Are Shaping My Productivity System

Also: order and chaos, and ignoring hacks to actually get stuff done

Ellane
Sep 19, 2022
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Welcome to the 18th in a series of posts documenting my plain text, paper-less, Obsidian-flavoured journey — exploring productivity through a future-proof, plain text mindset, with a soft spot for the paper that counts.

Today I’ll be talking about —

  • Using apps beyond their intended purpose

  • The balance between order and chaos

  • The 4D approach to stop chasing productivity hacks and actually get stuff done

  • How iA Writer is helping me simplify my Obsidian daily and weekly notes

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Productivity Inspiration

This story from Zoi contains one of the most beautiful quotes I’ve read on finding true productivity in the between spaces of life; specifically, in the value of writing by hand:

Only slowing down could I see where I wanted to go. Only in a limited space of a paper page could I remember where I came from. 
— Zoi

Chris Sampson uses th…

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