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I Wanted a Simple App

Oct 8, 2026

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I Wanted a Simple App

Then I kept adding features

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The Rule Behind the Problem

Oct 1, 2026

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The Rule Behind the Problem

I kept trying to improve the system instead of questioning the rule behind it

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The Workflow Got Better

Sep 24, 2026

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The Workflow Got Better

The system didn't.

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How I Use AI Better Now

Sep 17, 2026

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How I Use AI Better Now

From asking isolated questions to making AI part of the workflow

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Improve the Part, Not Just the Whole

Sep 10, 2026

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Improve the Part, Not Just the Whole

Deliberate practice starts by finding the bottleneck

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One book is not enough

Sep 3, 2026

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One book is not enough

Why I stopped taking notes on one book at a time

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I stopped reading everything the same way

Aug 27, 2026

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I stopped reading everything the same way

What Mortimer Adler taught me about knowing what to drop

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The two notes I never skip

Aug 20, 2026

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The two notes I never skip

One in the morning, one at night, neither one optional

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writing

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Waiting to feel ready

Aug 13, 2026

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Waiting to feel ready

That's not discipline

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Note-taking

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The names I couldn't place

Aug 6, 2026

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The names I couldn't place

They meant nothing.

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writing

The mouse was doing the thinking for me

Jul 30, 2026

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1 min read

The mouse was doing the thinking for me

Not me. The tool.

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Note-taking

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My journal was lying to me

Jul 23, 2026

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1 min read

My journal was lying to me

Not on purpose.

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Journal

My journal stopped asking how I felt

Jul 16, 2026

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My journal stopped asking how I felt

That was the problem

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Gavin m

writing

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The zero I used to chase

Jul 9, 2026

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The zero I used to chase

Emptying the tank felt like effort.

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Gavin m

writing

+1

Every project needs one line

Jul 2, 2026

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1 min read

Every project needs one line

Four ideas were fighting for one post

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Gavin m

Personal Knowledge Management

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The box before the system

Jun 25, 2026

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1 min read

The box before the system

You need a container, not a structure

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writing

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The notes you deleted

Jun 18, 2026

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The notes you deleted

They weren't the problem.

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Gavin m

writing

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Publishing as the first draft

Jun 11, 2026

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Publishing as the first draft

Not the last one.

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Gavin m

Personal Knowledge Management

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Delegated thinking

Jun 4, 2026

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Delegated thinking

The slow part is the part that matters.

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writing

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Dead Saves

May 28, 2026

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Dead Saves

Collecting felt like progress.

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Gavin m

writing

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Decided Before You Start

May 21, 2026

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Decided Before You Start

The outline was already thinking for me.

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Gavin m

Personal Knowledge Management

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Buried

May 14, 2026

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Buried

The problem was never the idea.

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writing

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You only wrote down the good parts

May 7, 2026

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You only wrote down the good parts

That's the problem.

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Gavin m

writing

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I wasn't ready to write

Apr 30, 2026

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I wasn't ready to write

I wrote anyway.

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Gavin m

writing

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Waiting felt like discipline

Apr 23, 2026

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1 min read

Waiting felt like discipline

It wasn't.

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