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About Me

I‘m a work-from-home geek, defining and refining what it means to be normal.

2 min readJun 30, 2021

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Obsidian: Index of Resources

A productivity cornucopia of tutorials, tips, and templates

3 min readNov 11, 2023

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Obsidian: Index of Resources

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PTPL 101: Forget Perfectionism — Raw Notes Are Real Notes

Capture, review, refactor and link; observing yourself will reveal how you think

4 min read1 day ago

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PTPL 101: Forget Perfectionism — Raw Notes Are Real Notes

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PTPL 100: One Big Text File — Top Down, Or Bottom Up?

Why I changed my OBTF from one to the other this week

3 min readApr 15, 2024

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PTPL 100: One Big Text File — Top Down, Or Bottom Up?

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PTPL 099: The Vital Bridging Habit That Makes My Task Management System Abandon-Proof

There’s productivity power in noting where you’ve been, and where you need to go next

3 min readApr 8, 2024

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PTPL 099: The Vital Bridging Habit That Makes My Task Management System Abandon-Proof

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PTPL 098: One Tool for Everything, or Separate, Simple Solutions?

A plain text accounting case study, and a 3-step recipe for simplifying your processes

4 min readApr 1, 2024

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An open discbound A5 notebook with two multi-columned, vertical sections on the left hand page. There’s a vertical row of boxes, with each box representing an amount of money. As that amount is saved, a box is coloured in. It’s a good visual for seeing progress toward a savings goal.

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PTPL 097: Informed, Intentional Note Makers Value Processes Over Apps

Quiz: Are you an A, B, or C-type note maker / tool user?

4 min readMar 25, 2024

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PTPL 097: Informed, Intentional Note Makers Value Processes Over Apps

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PTPL 096: Content Over Tools, Files Over Apps, Internal Observation Over External Inspiration

Also — Cal Newport’s plan.txt, and the Plus, Minus Next method

3 min readMar 18, 2024

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PTPL 095 - Markdown Smart Bookmarks in Obsidian, Portable and Plugin Free

With a case study on embedded queries for language learning

4 min readMar 11, 2024

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PTPL 094: The Joy of Playing in a Focused, Offline Digital Garden

Plus: How block references in Obsidian can still be part of an app-agnostic workflow

4 min readMar 4, 2024

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2 separate screenshots of one day in my weekly note: one is the code on the template, and the other is the finished product. The first has a list of daily tasks (with room for others to be added), the section of the One Big Text File that pertains to this day, and an embedded query where individual notes prefaced with that day’s date will appear. There are red shapes drawn around the block reference section in each screenshot.

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Ellane W

Ellane W

Designer and educational publisher for 30 years+. Plain-text advocate. Still using paper, but less of it. https://linktr.ee/miscellaneplans

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