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Produclivity

Productive proclivities for the teacher — and learner — in us all. Look at the wall your ladder leans against and remember that productivity is a vehicle, not a destination.

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  • PTPL 081 — New Weekly and Monthly Analog Planning Templates

    PTPL 081 — New Weekly and Monthly Analog Planning Templates

    PLUS Identifying the essentials before adding optional extras
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    Ellane W
    Dec 3
    PTPL 080: Why I’m Sad That Obsidian Sync Is 100% Necessary on iOS

    PTPL 080: Why I’m Sad That Obsidian Sync Is 100% Necessary on iOS

    PLUS A 4-step exercise for discovering your productivity-guiding values
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    Ellane W
    Nov 26
    PTPL 079 - How to Link and Quickly Switch Between Multiple Obsidian Vaults

    PTPL 079 - How to Link and Quickly Switch Between Multiple Obsidian Vaults

    PLUS a Read It Later tip, and my search for the perfect pencil
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    Ellane W
    Nov 19
    PTPL 078: I’m Beating Procrastination by Asking 3 Short Questions

    PTPL 078: I’m Beating Procrastination by Asking 3 Short Questions

    With a case study to show how I’m applying them in my work day
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    Ellane W
    Nov 12
    PTPL 077: A Peek Inside the Obsidian Weekly Note That’s Keeping Me Focused

    PTPL 077: A Peek Inside the Obsidian Weekly Note That’s Keeping Me Focused

    PLUS Using TaskPaper as a journal — why not?
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    Ellane W
    Nov 5
    PTPL 076: The New Johnny.Decimal Workbook—What I’ve Learned So Far

    PTPL 076: The New Johnny.Decimal Workbook—What I’ve Learned So Far

    PLUS A paper budgeting progress report with PKM insights
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    Ellane W
    Oct 29
    PTPL 075: Plain Text, Or Paper Budgeting Templates? The Experiment Begins

    PTPL 075: Plain Text, Or Paper Budgeting Templates? The Experiment Begins

    PLUS There’s one teeny problem with FKM task management
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    Ellane W
    Oct 22
    PTPL 074 — Drumroll…The One-Task-Per-File System Finally Works!

    PTPL 074 — Drumroll…The One-Task-Per-File System Finally Works!

    PLUS A pleasant plea to keep your tasks out of your calendar
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    Ellane W
    Oct 15
    PTPL 073 — Are You Obsessively Date-Format Opinionated? Sadly, I Am.

    PTPL 073 — Are You Obsessively Date-Format Opinionated? Sadly, I Am.

    PLUS An Omnifocus–Obsidian workflow, and how one blind fiction writer uses plain text
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    Ellane W
    Oct 8
    PTPL 072: I Love Keeping All My Projects and Tasks in a Single, Searchable File

    PTPL 072: I Love Keeping All My Projects and Tasks in a Single, Searchable File

    PLUS The most important piece of tool-related productivity advice you’ll ever hear
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    Ellane W
    Oct 1
    PTPL 071: File-Based Knowledge Management—A Subtle but Profound Shift in PKM Thinking

    PTPL 071: File-Based Knowledge Management—A Subtle but Profound Shift in PKM Thinking

    PLUS How plain text task lists can be just as effective as that app you’ve been eyeing
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    Ellane W
    Sep 24
    PTPL 070: Task Management — Obsidian Plugin vs Plain Text vs Readymade Solutions

    PTPL 070: Task Management — Obsidian Plugin vs Plain Text vs Readymade Solutions

    PLUS A Drafts to Obsidian collection of tutorials
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    Ellane W
    Sep 17
    PTPL 069: Obsidian Properties Are Just the Help I Needed to Organise My Notes

    PTPL 069: Obsidian Properties Are Just the Help I Needed to Organise My Notes

    PLUS harvesting your notebooks into a truly useful resource
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    Ellane W
    Sep 10
    PTPL 068: Markdown Flashcards That Don’t Need Apps or Plugins (!)

    PTPL 068: Markdown Flashcards That Don’t Need Apps or Plugins (!)

    PLUS A tool for downloading Substack posts to Markdown files, with Obsidian links
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    Ellane W
    Sep 3
    PTPL 067: My EDC is a Mother Ship and a Compact Explorer Pod (Photos)

    PTPL 067: My EDC is a Mother Ship and a Compact Explorer Pod (Photos)

    Plus, Using habit fields to program your surroundings for focused work
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    Ellane W
    Aug 27
    PTPL 066: A Radical Obsidian Vault Shakeup, 6 Months Later

    PTPL 066: A Radical Obsidian Vault Shakeup, 6 Months Later

    PLUS four cutting edge audio note taking tools to check out
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    Ellane W
    Aug 20
    PTPL 065: On Clarifying Your Most Basic Productivity Foundations

    PTPL 065: On Clarifying Your Most Basic Productivity Foundations

    PLUS a reminder that stepping stones don’t need to be made of polished marble
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    Ellane W
    Aug 13
    PTPL 064: When Calendars are Time Machines, and iPads are reMarkable

    PTPL 064: When Calendars are Time Machines, and iPads are reMarkable

    PLUS a handy 1Password iOS tip, and why the best productivity systems are abandon-proof
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    Ellane W
    Aug 6
    PTPL 063: Your Obsidian Graph is Not Your Compass

    PTPL 063: Your Obsidian Graph is Not Your Compass

    PLUS horizontal rules in Markdown, and habit-stacking a new-to-me, phonetic way of writing English
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    Ellane W
    Jul 30
    PTPL 062: Human Joy is More Important Than Raw Productivity — A Real Life Example

    PTPL 062: Human Joy is More Important Than Raw Productivity — A Real Life Example

    PLUS details of the Drafts action I use to create my language learning flashcards
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    Ellane W
    Jul 23
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