Daniel Wentsch

During the first two centuries of the Roman Empire, there spread a practice known as hypomnēmata, a type of notetaking system, used as a tool for medi

A suggestion repeated in several popular manuals for living was that you should collect every snippet of thought that deeply inspires you to live in a

I first came across the idea of using hypomnēmata in this way eight years ago when a friend sent me a copy of Foucault’s “Self-writing.” In the essay,

I have often noticed that my experience of reality improves if I write and think about something.

Manchmal frage ich mich, ob ich ohne diese Prokrastinationsspiralen produktiver wäre. Erfolgreicher. Ausgeglichener. Oder ob gerade dieses Hadern, die

Anxiety is the subtle and pervasive destroyer of our happiness. It depends upon thoughts of past and future. It cannot exist in the present.

One of the most intelligent case studies in design is the Chinese tea cup. They’re made without handles simply because if it’s too hot to touch, it’s