Learning about minimalism, productivity and what makes us humans tick. I like marmite, bad dad jokes, and good coffee.

  • and back to hugo

    Well, the merry-go-round of changing how I build my website continues, this time from Wordpress back to Hugo.

  • my best bits of 2023

    A few of the things that made it a memorable 2023.

  • apple shortcut – obsidian daily note

    This is a simple shortcut that will ask for some content and push it into the bottom of your daily note. If the daily note doesn’t exist it will create it.

  • a year of obsidian

    Perhaps I like messing about with the tools more than actually using them, but I regularly change where I keep my notes – a merry-go-round of Apple Notes, Bear and Obsidian.

  • and relax

    Having just returned from a week lying by the pool in Ravello, Italy I am contemplating what makes the holiday so relaxed and whether I can bring back anything to the hustle and bustle of daily life.

  • ok, nothing happened

    So far, so bad. My adventures into the world of bullet journaling have rather stalled.

  • trying a bullet journal

    I must be one of the last people who has ever looked up productivity on Youtube and not tried bullet journalling.

  • the to… list

    One of the parts of David Allen’s getting things done that have really lasted throughout the last few years for me is the concept of lists.

  • hard landscaping my 2023

    This morning has been spent planning out what is happening in 2023 and making sure we all know what the ‘big ticket’ items are for the coming 12 months.