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Why you need a Personal Organization System
The need for Personal Organization becomes clear once you start feeling overwhelmed. It may happen for many reasons. Let's explore some of those.
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Evergreen guides I've refreshed most recently — kept current, not left to rot.
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Closing Open Loops: The Key to a Calmer, More Productive Mind
Unlocking Mental Clarity and Peak Productivity by Mastering the Art of Closing Open Loops
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Periodic Reviews for a Happier and More Productive Life
Discover how to leverage periodic reviews to achieve your goals and get more out of your life
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Organize Anything With The PARA Method
Discover how the PARA method transforms digital chaos into structured clarity, revolutionizing your productivity and knowledge management.
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The Crucial Role of Setting and Pursuing Goals
Clarity is not only about values, but also about knowing what your goals are. In this article, I want to explore the reasons why setting and pursuing goals is essential for personal and professional success.
Productivity
Sort your work by what it is and your lists will stop lying
A single to-do list can't tell an idea from a commitment, or a project from work that never ends. Sorting your work into ideas, goals, plans, projects, activities and tasks fixes that.
Tools
My 5,000-movie Kanban board in Obsidian now opens in under 3 seconds
My movie board in Obsidian has 4,888 cards and took 9 seconds to open. With the Kanban Action Planner 2.5.0, it opens in under 3, cards stay where I drop them, and every board can have its own covers, shapes, card colors and accents.
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How I Manage All My Tasks Inside Obsidian with the TaskNotes Plugin
I just published a new YouTube video showing how I manage ALL my tasks inside Obsidian using the TaskNotes plugin. No separate app. No context switching. Everything connected.
Tools
Design Your Ideal Week in Obsidian
Big Kanban boards get overwhelming. I added a triage mode and an ideal week mode to the Kanban Action Planner plugin for Obsidian. Here's how they work and why an ideal week is worth designing.
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How I Turned 20,000 Notes Into Live Dashboards With Obsidian Bases
Obsidian Bases turn notes you already have into live dashboards from their properties - no spreadsheets, no data entry. A Base is a lens, only as sharp as the metadata underneath. Here's how I run it over 20,000 notes.
Tools
Obsidian now has native Kanban boards and I'm not switching yet
Obsidian 1.14 adds a native Kanban view to Bases. I love it, and it's great news for everyone. But after comparing it feature by feature with the Kanban Action Planner, I'm not moving my system over anytime soon. Here's why.
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How I Turned My Obsidian Notes Into Kanban Boards
I built a plugin that turns any Obsidian Base into a Kanban board, a calendar, and a triage queue, with every change written straight back to your notes. Here's how I plan my whole vault with it.