DeveloPassion's Newsletter #165 - She Said Yes ❤️
Edition 165 of my newsletter, discussing Knowledge Management, Knowledge Work, Zen Productivity, Personal Organization, and more!
Welcome
Another week, another newsletter! I hope that you all had a great one 🤩
We just came back from Rome. We had a wonderful time over there. The weather could have been better (it rained two out of the four days), but it did not ruin anything. It couldn't. Why? First, because my philosophy of life is to accept everything that is outside of my control... And most importantly, because I proposed to my girlfriend, and she said yes ❤️
I've been thinking about the best place and time to make my proposal, and figured that Rome would be perfect. I had the Trevi Fountain or the Colosseum in mind, but once we arrived there, I didn't feel those were the right places for us.
We went on a long hike around the city, visited the beautiful Trastevere neighborhood, then climbed to the top of the Janiculum, which offered us a wonderful scenic view of Rome. After that, while returning to Trastevere, we discovered a really beautiful fountain called the Fontana dell'Acqua Paola. Once I saw it, I knew it was the perfect place for my proposal.
After that, no amount of rain could have ruined our mood 😂.
During the four days we spent in Rome, we walked ~75KM (!!), discovered a million beautiful places, and came back with tons of new memories. But we're happy to have returned to our much quieter town!
The lab 🧪
The lab was closed this week
New articles
No new articles this week
Quotes of the week
- There is virtue in work and there is virtue in rest. Use both and overlook neither — Alan Cohen
- Be not afraid of going slowly. Be afraid only of standing still
- Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it — Chuck Swindoll
Thinking and learning
Various articles about the Zettelkasten method that I have discovered:
How to create and customize your own Obsidian Vault:
Opinion piece about Obsidian Publish and Ghost:
I personally choose both at this point. Ghost is where I publish my "completed" articles, and I use Obsidian Publish to share my evergreen notes:
Building a second brain from scratch in Notion. I'm not convinced, but it's an option:
Another Obsidian intro (French)
What's not to love about calm companies?
Ready to get to the next level?
If so, then check out the Knowledge Worker Kit, the Obsidian Starter Kit, the Obsidian Starter Course, the Knowledge Management for Beginners course, the PKM Library, a PKM coaching session with me, my collection of books about software development and the IT Concepts Wall 🔥.
If you want to discuss, then don't hesitate to join the Personal Knowledge Management community or the Software Crafters community.
About Sébastien
Hello everyone! I'm Sébastien Dubois (you can follow me on Twitter 🐦).
I'm an author, founder, and CTO. I write books and articles about software development & IT, personal knowledge management, personal organization, and productivity. I also craft lovely digital products 🚀
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