System

I told myself that making promises gave beginnings gravity. I labeled my newsletter a “lifelong project” not long after I started it. I called /mentoring a “movement” the day I announced it. Commitment…

For as long as I can remember, I’ve been looking for a sustainable commonplace book system. My ideal system would be:

1. Broad. Because I read online articles and ebooks in equal measure, an ideal system would address both.

It was Brooklyn in January, and Luke and I were talking about fragmented journals and immersive environments, all the ways that memories can be information. Quickly, we decided, it would be great — some way to keep track of fleeting things. (Hours slept, indecisions.) Ideas drifted. A web app…