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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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