> Get the right kind of music going, it's time to focus 😎 ## Brainstorming ### Topic %%What is the big idea you're thinking about? Why are you writing this? %% ### References %%Are there any existing notes, resources, or experiences that come to mind related to the topic? For each thing, why is it related and how can it be helpful? %% ### Brain Dump %% Write out any other thoughts that come to mind, then create a cognitive scaffolding that combines your references and brain dump. Break it down into branches and sub-ideas for further elaboration %% - how to present3 - intro should be slides ? - ! Each main point should each be around 5 minutes? - About me - [[About me]] - LYT PM, help with things like OFS and IDV pro - Also have been working on making highly customized obsidian digital gardens like i am with quartz right now - Make videos and resources on Obsidian to implement different pkm, productivity, or life design practices into obsidian - I help (usv landing page target audience) - Why do I use Obsidian? - [[Digital Self-Actualization]] - Exploring digital universe - [ ] add challenges? - like most people in LYT, i am interested in a lot of stuff - amplified by neurodiversity - Process heavy that are personalized for my needs to maintain this life operating system - Should not feel like a chore and should be fun - External systems are super important to me [[Externalize and offload as much as possible]] - What am I presenting? - My [[Digital Galaxy]] - Overview of my personal life operating system in Obsidian - Extended version of [[Ultimate Starter Vault]] - Pillars of pkm, productivity, life design - Is undoubtedly more complex in functionality and structure than the average person might need - The relevant plugins I use - Tech background lets me be comfortable with it - Workflows - What are things people should know before I start? - Further learning for people interested - Fully public documentation on my published notes [[USV Documentation]] - Can see the different books and other resources I've learned from to create this vault - Ask questions in the chat, won't be looking but trusting that Keaton will let me know if anything is relevant - I do not use Obsidian for everything - Will also mention other apps that I use - Systems in my vault - Main components of a system - Inputs - Information and ideas that come from yourself or the world - Go into detail later on when I talk about PKM - Parts - Create different components of a system with their own unique characteristics - [[Note types]] - Process - How parts manipulate inputs - Outputs - Purpose of the system, end results - Feedback loops - For maintenance and improvement of the system - Two main systems - [[Digital life solar systems]] - life design - productivity - [[Digital Interstellar Medium]] - pkm - Translation - Parts - [[Note types]] - [[My metadata philosophy]] - Processes - [[USV Workflows]] - Can be kanban-based (inputs) or idea-based (growing notes) - Most important plugin for this is [[Metadata Menu Plugin]] - Status helps keep track of stage of the process or idea growth - Multi-select - Properties are what make each note type unique and integrated into the rest of the system - Supercharged links plugin for easily seeing the type - To dynamically organize and access these notes, I have a folder note - Dataview to show, different views to see them depending on the use case - [[USV and Life Design]] - [[My Alignment Philosophy]] - Vision board - A quick reminder i visit every day - Useful for seeing what i'm currently working on in a current timeframe - find it helpful for having everything connected when planning what i'm going to do during a periodic review - weekly review ? can see my current monthly goals, trusting that in my monthly review i already made sure my monthly goals were aligned with my weekly - Dataview queries that account for what the day is - Show related metadata - Minimal cards CSS - Based on ali abdaal's life management system and Cal Newport's idea of multiscale planning - [[Wheel of life]] - Just use obsidian charts - [[Periodic reviews]] - Now that I have a rough vision, how do I work towards it? - [[USV and Productivity]] - Getting things done methodology - Inbox - Actual inbox or today so see it ASAP - Categories for tasks - Central inbox, just use Akiflow for that. Whenever I create a new project I plan out my tasks in Obsidian but then add them to Akiflow for actual execution - & Applying scrum principles of iteration to adapt to unexpected circumstances, instead of having a super elaborate plan - ! Example - Quarterly goal - Vtuber - Has all information related - Had a rough 12 week plan for it, but didn't follow through as I took priority on newer projects like LYT blog and - But recently in June started [[buildspace s5]], so made a monthly goal note - Have a weekly project to narrow down what I want to do in a week - In periodic reviews, update my ongoing responsibilities based on my availability - Tasks I need to do in the week are created in akiflow for that project - Every day I set up my time blocks and move them in - [[USV and Personal Knowledge Management]] - Learning - Zettelkasten - [[Fleeting Notes]] - Fleeting Notes - Greenhouse seedlings - [[Literature notes]] - [[Conceptual notes]] - Usually don't tag them all, but I want to be conscious of them then to connect them with a certain stage then I can - Example - [[Ecological Psychology]] - [ ] Explain what it is - [ ] Clarify my relevant use case - See how it can be used to enhance my problem solving and learning - Create more powerful learning experiences that is not purely explicit instruction, like lean forward principles of LYT - This is used in videos and other stuff - Input note process - Conversational podcasts - More passive to scope out the subject and things I would need to learn - Didn't understand words like affordances, constraints, fully, needed nuance - For the terms that kept coming up and I felt were important, I made notes on them and slowly added on the different characteristics mentioned throughout these podcasts to slowly establish the mental model - Watched 2 hour video of his summary of a textbook - From there, was able to actively take notes - Paraphrase, dumping anything I found relevant to my use case, which i used as a filter - [[Learn something new by connecting it to something that you already know]] - [[Awakening from the meaning crisis]] - Used [[Note-making]] principles to compare and build off the ideas there - [ ] insert example - So now I had a dump of ideas and related notes from this video, just had to spend time moving them to populate the skeleton notes i made prior and connect them - leads me to the MOC i have on ecological psychology today - even if i may not refer to the ideas for a while, when i did a podcast with my good friend aidan as he introduced his brother to ecological psychology, i was able to quickly revisit the note and re-prime my brain of the ideas - Okay, now that we have some new sparks or ideas we can explore, how do we create our own ? - Creativity - For more top-down thinking for a certain outcome, I have a brainstorm note to help me mold these ideas - I don't use maps of content because I feel those are more for mapping a topic, and can be used in seedling notes. These are more tailored towards a specific output - [[Make Online Friends. It Will Change Your Life.]] - [[My writing workflow example]] - Was able to share this 80% done version and found it very helpful - Can tie it in with my digital self-actualization branding in the future - Productivity - based on actionability like [[PARA Method]] but on steroids as it is organized with the different types of notes part of life design and productivity - [[Information actionability hierarchy]] - Link the notes to the most actionable thing - Go back to usv and productivity example - When I am done this project and do my reflection, I will move or link the information inside to where it is appropriate - Usually just stays inside though - QnA ## Organized Ideas %% A place to start your rough (or maybe even final) draft. What writing framework or checklist best works to guide you towards your ideal finished product? %% ## Potential Outputs %% What can I use these ideas for? Content, new notes, etc. %%