My 2026 Obsidian Setup
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As we head into 2026 here is a full look at my Obsidian setup. From folders to a few special notes and all the plugins I use, we’ll cover it all. Folder Setup When I looked at my folders preparing for this I had accumulated a bunch of clutter. I had residual folders and files
The Best Local Music Players for Linux
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I’ve got a large music library of FLAC and some mp3’s that I own. Yes I listen almost exclusively to music I own because being intentional about an activity makes it more meaningful. When I was an Apple guy I just used the built in Music App (formely iTunes) because I was mostly streaming and
3 Focus Rules I’m Taking Into 2026
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I don’t want to be productive for productivity sake. It’s not about cranking more widgets. I search for productivity because I have better days when I get to focus on hard tasks. The result of focus is that I end up getting more done. So here are 3 changes I made recently to help me
Streaming Killed My Love of Music — This Fixed It
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Just like many people in my generation, my life was all about music in the 90s. Sitting down with friends and listening to the new Stone Temple Pilots, Soundgarden, or Tragically Hip album was an event. Sometimes an event that was returned to a number of times over a few weeks because music meant so
Read Later is Garbage
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Celebrate Mind Changing
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From Greg Changing your mind gets framed as weakness or flip-flopping when it should be celebrated as learning. Admitting you were wrong becomes this huge thing instead of just being part of the process of understanding the world better. But being wrong is information – it tells you something about reality you didn’t know before,
Setting Up org-pomodoro in Doom Emacs (Hyprland + Fedora)
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I’ve been suffering from distraction lately, so in addition to editing my /etc/hosts file so that I can’t visit my distraction sites of preference, I’ve gone back to using a Pomodoro timer via org-pomodoro. Let’s look at how I set this up. Note: I use Hyprland and Fedora. There may be some nuance when it
When Worry Is Real, Action Isn’t Optional
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This is going to be my last post for the year. I’m taking a break to work on a bigger piece. We’ll start January 2026 by reading Take Back the Fight. If you want to get all my book content join the book club. Have a great holiday. Last week I wrote about a reading
On Interruptions, Availability, and Letting Things Go
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This is likely going to be the last post for 2025. I’ll start up again with regular content the first Saturday in January. We all need breaks and I’m taking one. Time Track Your Interruptions Adrian has a neat idea to flip time tracking around, track your interruptions instead of the time you spent doing
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