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Goodbye, Zettelkasten. I quit.
When I first heard about the Zettelkasten (ZK) method, it seemed like the Holy Grail of note-taking. One place to put all my thoughts, all my ideas, all the things I am learning and would wish to remember? One place to always find them? One place to bring them all… and in the darkness bind them? I mean: bring them all together?
The problem with phones or Taking back the moment
Knowing we are being affected doesn’t stop us from being affected, just like knowing a magic trick isn’t real magic doesn’t stop us from being tricked. But, if nothing else, I find it easier to manage my phone use knowing what I am up against and what it is about the smart phone that makes it difficult to moderate. So here are the three ways in which the smartphones mess with us.
Why I stopped using habit trackers and what I do instead
Habit trackers seem like the perfect solution for when you want to build or maintain a habit. Yet, they stopped working for me (if they ever really worked at all) and so I have finally stopped using them. Thankfully, I figured out better ways of making my new habits stick.
