The Idea Shepherd
How to slow down, reflect well, and uncover hidden insight in everything around you.
The Idea Shepherd
The Quote Basket
I stumbled on a collection called “Quote Basket” in Sublime, and instantly… I was gone.
Because that’s exactly what it feels like when someone gathers lines that moved them.
Picture a field.
Wildflowers everywhere.
Some tall, some tiny.
Some bright, some subtle.
Some you almost miss until the wind tilts them just right.
A meaning-maker
... See moreAnd lastly, this part’s key – you have to forget everything you think about how to organize your notes. Folders are fine for tax documents, but they’re a dumb way to organize ideas. Your job isn't to arrange everything into neat categories—it's to create meaningful contexts.
Sari Azout • What Matters in the Age of AI Is Taste
I'd like for sublime to be a place for ideas —
a map that organizes them,
a network of trails that connects them,
a town-square for serendipitous encounters with them,
a laboratory to experiment with... See more
Guiding Questions for Naming Collections
When creating a new container, ask:
“Where do I want this idea to take me?”
or
“What larger story is this note part of?”
or
“What theme am I slowly building without realizing it?”
That’s how you end up with containers like:
Creator Compass
Now That’s Cool
God Is a Designer
Idea Weather
Things I Want to Be True About Me
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The Non-Literal Home for Ideas
(aka: Why “Creator Compass” beats “Creativity” every day of the week)
Most people name their notebooks like they’re labeling bins in a garage:
“Creativity”
“Parenting”
“Career”
“Ideas”
These containers feel tidy, but they’re actually sterile. They don’t invite you back. They don’t shape your thinking. They don’t function as
... See moreDon’t mistake applause for wisdom.
Don’t mistake obscurity for irrelevance.
Don’t mistake quiet for weak.
The wisdom that saves a city may never trend.
From reading Ecc 9:13-18
🍂Leaf-pile Thinking
When shared ideas reveal the season we’re in
I took a photo of a cluster of fallen leaves on the sidewalk—different colors, different shapes, different trees—and it struck me as a perfect picture of what happens when people share ideas.
Each leaf has its own story:
its own tree, its own chemistry, its own timing in the season.
Some
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