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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
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
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
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
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?
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Ellane W
Jul 23
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