--- ## Resources ## Notes/Brainstorming ### ✨ In My Life **My second podcast appearance 🤯** I just realized I haven't actually shared this yet despite it being released a while ago, but I was featured on Aidan's podcast on Personal Knowledge Management. We talk about: - Why I dropped out of college to pursue a more autonomous and entrepreneurial path, and whether other people should also do the same - Why most students are bored and inefficient with their school and learning - The power of Obsidian for self-learning and note taking in school - ChatGPT and it's implications on school and learning - My favorite books and why I don't really have much to write about this week, so feel free to see what I'm like off-camera by watching the podcast ;) **Obsidian University Pre-Release Out Now!** Aidan and I are excited to announce that our course, **Obsidian University: Your Secret Weapon At School**, is two weeks from launch! Obsidian University is a premade student vault filled with school templates, Obsidian plugins, and a tag-along course that explains how to use the various aspects of the vault as well as training you in the core concepts of personal knowledge management for students. In the two weeks up to launch, we will have a pre-launch sale for the course before it rises in price by 100%. In addition, we will be sending out a few free snippets of the course content over the following few weeks as a thank-you for expressing interest in the course. Check out the Obsidian University Pre-Launch Landing Page to learn more at the official [product page](https://shop.johnmavrick.com/obsidian-university). If you want to hear more about the course but don't want to purchase it just yet, you can sign up to receive some free content related to it directly in your inbox [here](https://upbeat-speaker-6797.ck.page/ae1b2ed287). You'll learn: - How to break out of the cookie cutter student mindset - Why Obsidian is the right tool to supercharge your school learning - The four-step MOC creation process Aidan uses to bolster my learning in college ### **🔗** Links to Thinks I have been consuming a good amount of content and have been improving on something, but that something has been a video game so I don't have much to share with everyone 😭 One YouTuber I've been interested in has been Ana Psychology, as she talks a lot about love and relationships. Some of my favorites include: - Sound relationship house theory, a model on the foundation and levels of a relationship's progression - These four relationships will end your relationship, which talks about identifying and dealing with criticism, contempt, defensiveness, and stone walling - The reason 80% of long-term relationships end, showcasing that a relationship can just die out through a slow dissolution rather than fiery crash - The "ideal partner" and why it not matter, on how we often choose someone who doesn't follow our ideals ### **🚀** Actionable Tingz **Reigniting my passion and purpose for content creation** - Been starting my outline for my next video to advertise, and being able to explore different video hooks and outlines has been super fun :) Hopefully the video will be up within two weeks! - I am starting to remember the impact I want to have on the lives of others just by sharing my authentic self and curiosity, so thank you to my fellow content creator friends for helping me rekindle that intrinsic drive within - A big roadblock I'm facing right now is the fact that my most energizing videos were reflective ones where I deep dive into trying something new like Obsidian and typing on a split keyboard - Unfortunately, the things I'm currently trying are more related to the real world (fitness, nutrition, etc), and I haven't had as much footage for it - For the smaller things I do try and learn, I feel like they might be too long for a sole video, so I'm going to share these ideas through shorts to see how that goes? - Watching Love Island - Get to explore people's emotions and the way they handle things - Definitely see some questionable characteristics in my own behavior 😭 ### **🤔** Food For Thought - ### 😤 My Ramblings - ## Publishing Copy Welcome to another edition of _Weekly Wondering_, a sacred time where I share the resonating links, reflections and learnings from my past week to influence your next one ;) This newsletter is my version of learning and thinking in public, giving me time to expand on ideas that may turn into more refined content in the future. ### **✨** In My Life **My second podcast appearance 🤯** I just realized I haven't actually shared this yet despite it being released a while ago, but I was featured on Aidan's podcast on Personal Knowledge Management. We talk about: - Why I dropped out of college to pursue a more autonomous and entrepreneurial path, and whether other people should also do the same - Why most students are bored and inefficient with their school and learning - The power of Obsidian for self-learning and note taking in school - ChatGPT and it's implications on school and learning - My favorite books and why I don't really have much to write about this week, so feel free to see what I'm like off-camera by watching the podcast ;) **Obsidian University Pre-Release Out Now!** Aidan and I are excited to announce that our course, _Obsidian University: Your Secret Weapon At School_, is two weeks from launch! Obsidian University is a premade student vault filled with school templates, Obsidian plugins, and a tag-along course that explains how to use the various aspects of the vault as well as training you in the core concepts of personal knowledge management for students. In the two weeks up to launch, we will have a pre-launch sale for the course before it rises in price by 100%. In addition, we will be sending out a few free snippets of the course content over the following few weeks as a thank-you for expressing interest in the course. Check out the Obsidian University Pre-Launch Landing Page to learn more at the official [product page](https://shop.johnmavrick.com/obsidian-university). If you want to hear more about the course but don't want to purchase it just yet, you can sign up to receive some free content related to it directly in your inbox [here](https://upbeat-speaker-6797.ck.page/ae1b2ed287). You'll learn: - How to break out of the cookie cutter student mindset - Why Obsidian is the right tool to supercharge your school learning - The four-step MOC creation process Aidan uses to bolster my learning in college ### **🔗** Links to Thinks I have been consuming a good amount of content and have been improving on something, but that something has been a video game so I don't have much to share with everyone 😭 One YouTuber I've been interested in has been Ana Psychology, as she talks a lot about love and relationships. Some of my favorites include: - [Sound relationship house theory](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sc9EHhcFtUM), a model on the foundation and levels of a relationship's progression - These four relationships will end your relationship, which talks about identifying and dealing with criticism, contempt, defensiveness, and stone walling - The reason 80% of long-term relationships end, showcasing that a relationship can just die out through a slow dissolution rather than fiery crash - The "ideal partner" and why it not matter, on how we often choose someone who doesn't follow our ideals ### **🚀** Actionable Tingz **Reigniting my passion and purpose for content creation** I've miraculously started my outline for my next video to advertise the course above, and being able to explore different video hooks and outlines has been super fun :) Hopefully the video will be up within two weeks! I am starting to remember the impact I want to have on the lives of others just by sharing my authentic self and curiosity, so thank you to my fellow content creator friends for helping me rekindle that intrinsic drive within. But of course, there was a reason why I needed that rekindling in the first place (other than my break to just focus on other parts of life). A big roadblock I'm facing right now is the fact that my most energizing videos were reflective ones where I deep dive into trying something new like Obsidian and typing on a split keyboard. Unfortunately, the things I'm currently trying are more related to the real world (fitness, nutrition, etc), and I haven't had as much footage for it (or do I feel like it would be something my audience would be interested in). For the smaller things I do try and learn, I feel like they might be too long for a standalone video, so I'm going to share these ideas through shorts to see how that goes? ### **🤔** Food For Thought > A popular definition of success is “being able to live your life in your own way, doing only those things that you want to do, with the people who you choose, in the situations you desire.” Would you say you're currently successful? If so, what parts of your life are successful and what parts aren't? For me it feels weird since my previous criteria of success would say that I haven't been as productive and thus haven't been as successful as I could be, but by this definition of success I have been nearly autonomous. ### My Tools for Learning and Growth I record everything I mention in my newsletters in my Obsidian, my favorite note-taking and productivity app. If you want to aggregate the valuable gems from your week like this, or need a place to store your ideas and highlights, you can set up your own [second brain](https://johnmavrick.gumroad.com/l/obsidian-starter-vault). If you want the most densely packed and actionable book summaries, try out Shortform for free [here](https://www.shortform.com/). If you want to make reading and highlighting easier, check out [Readwise](https://readwise.io/i/john5833) (affiliate link) and sign up for their Reader app!