PTPL 035 : The Japanese-Inspired Paper Calendar Template That's Keeping Me Focused

Plus, The bravery of destroying childhood journals, and corralling the wild inboxes of my life

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Today I’ll be talking about —

• How one brave individual torched their childhood journals, and felt better for it

• The Hyphenation plugin

• Using Glasp and AI to summarise long podcasts

• Taming the wild inboxes of my life

• Planning my month in three different locations

Productivity Inspiration

This article by Kai X Fenix tugged on my nostalgic, journal-keeping heartstrings.

Kai came to the conclusion that keeping the journals that had served as an outlet for much childhood venting, wasn’t doing them or anyone else any good.

While journaling is cathartic, destroying all of my childhood journals after honoring all they were able to provide me with was freeing

My newly renovated bedroom looks nice, except for the massive box of journals from years past. I strongly suspect it’s time to digitise the highlights, then ditch the originals. It’s time to take back the pieces of my heart I’ve stored in there, or, more accurately, to embrace the truth…