PTPL 007: Plain or Fancy; It’s Your System, Not Theirs

On productivity and mental health, weekly logs in Obsidian, iPhone keyboard wars, decluttering your notes

Plain text, Paper, Less Productivity Digest text-based image by Author

Welcome to the seventh in a series of posts documenting my plain text, paper-less, Obsidian-flavoured journey.

Each post is a 5-minute or less summary of what I’ve read, learned, and implemented since the last edition. Earlier episodes are listed in the Index.

Today I’ll be talking about —

• Productivity styles and mental health

• Decluttering principles as inspiration for good note making

• Using Drafts to append text to a weekly log

General Productivity Tips

iPhone keyboard wars

Do you type a lot on your phone? Bet your choice of keyboard is a source of either joy or frustration. Click here to read about my recent iOS keyboard showdown and the winners in 5 different categories.

Mental health and productivity

This week I read about two ways to boost concentration and self-esteem, both of which can help you burn through that to do list.

Your mental and emotional health has a profound impact on your ability to be productive.

I’ve also…