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Kvothevia
what if public libraries were open late every night and we could engage in public life there instead of having to choose between drinking at the bar and domestic isolation
erin glasstwitter.comIt’s called Idea Documents, and it’s somewhat similar to a digital brain.
An Idea Document is an online Google or Word doc about one specific topic, where you write the main points you want to remember about it. That’s it. Simple.
An Idea Document is an online Google or Word doc about one specific topic, where you write the main points you want to remember about it. That’s it. Simple.
Journaling, Note-Taking, Digital Gardening
„By sitting down to turn them into an Idea Document, I actively organize it in my brain. I also clarify things for myself, making it much easier to communicate this topic to other people in conversation or in writing.“
„The process also enables you to identify any gaps in your understanding of the concepts, arguments, or events in the document. This protects you from the illusion of knowing, which has plagued many students who realize their gaps only on test day.“
Writing forces clarity.
I love what Alain de Botton says about impostor syndrome, which can also be applied to any negative story we tell about ourselves in comparison to others:
“We feel like impostors not because we are uniquely flawed, but because we fail to imagine how deeply flawed everyone else must necessarily also be beneath a more or less polished surface. We know... See more
“We feel like impostors not because we are uniquely flawed, but because we fail to imagine how deeply flawed everyone else must necessarily also be beneath a more or less polished surface. We know... See more
Literature — contains the finest passages I come across (and my thoughts these passages generate), culled from classic novels, autobiographies, poems, and other literary forms.
Journaling, Note-Taking, Digital Gardening
Journaling, Note-Taking, Digital Gardening
It is not that we have a short time to live, but that we waste a lot of it.”
— Seneca
— Seneca
Take notes: As I read, I jot down quotes that resonate with me, and keep them organized by chapter title. Sometimes, I’ll read the book and just do underlining and marginalia. Then, when I’m finished with the book, I’ll re-read the marginalia and transcribe only the most valuable passages to the notebook. Sometimes I’ll write the ideas in my own wo... See more
the margins are where reading becomes thinking
what do you mean you’re scared of what the people you went to high school with will think of you?
reminder that no one is you, and that is your superpower
your playing small does not serve the world’
people project what they are dealing with in their life onto others