S: Systems for Everything

I got the essay book “The Crack Up” by F. Scott Fitzgerald this week, but didn’t realize until yesterday that there are only 8 essays and it’s 75% logs that were too weird or random to make it into his published work.

Inspired by how Festing Jones organized Samuel Butler’s notebook, he did the same thing by organizing how own fragments under alphabe

Keep the blinds open so you get woken up by light (the best alarm clock).

What are the pros/cons of using your computer first thing in the morning?

I’m inspired by Hunter S. Thompson’s (idealized) breakfast routine, but without the drugs; once a day, he’d spend ~2 hours to sync up with all his responsibilities, but the majority of his day was in unpredictable creative divergence.

One Sheets as a Service.

My middle school had a system of A, B, and C days. While some core classes were daily, electives cycled in and out. What would that system look like for a writer?

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