PLAIN TEXT; PAPER, LESS — PRODUCTIVITY DIGEST

PTPL 115: There’s Something New at the Top of My One Big Text File

It’s the equivalent of a sticky note on the bathroom mirror

Ellane W
Produclivity
Published in
5 min readJul 29, 2024

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Plain text, Paper, Less (PTPL) Productivity Digest, text-based image by the Author

This week — how the top of my OBTF reinforces my values and motivates me to live up to them (with screenshots of it in 6 different apps), plus my first physical book buy of the year (Bob Doto’s A System For Writing).

No AI here; all words, ideas, and faults 100% human made. While paid subscribers are enormously encouraging and help me to keep writing, non-subscribers are always welcome to read for free.

One Big Text File — still going strong after 6 months

I’m not the first and won’t be the last to use one text file as a continuous inbox of thoughts and ideas. A quick internet search of One Big Text File (OBTF) will net you a nice chunk of reading material!

In the past few weeks I’ve started adding inspirational sayings to the top of the…

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Ellane W
Produclivity

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