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Calm productivity for academics

Tag: Obsidian

  • Distraction-free writing: Plain text editors for academic work

    Discover how distraction-free writing tools can transform your academic writing practice. Moving beyond traditional word processors, learn how minimalist writing environments can help maintain consistent writing progress. This guide explores practical strategies for selecting and implementing distraction-free writing tools that align with the natural flow of academic thinking.

  • Giving early drafts substance with plain text

    The early drafts of any piece of writing aren’t meant to ‘be good’. They’re about giving early drafts substance.

  • Academic writing workflow with Obsidian

    Transform your fragmented academic writing workflow into an integrated system that enhances your thinking and productivity. Learn why traditional approaches to managing academic writing across multiple platforms may be holding you back, and explore how connected note-taking tools like Obsidian can create a more natural, sustainable writing environment.

  • Use a weekly review to close open loops

    As academics, we carry countless mental threads throughout our week — unfinished tasks, half-formed ideas, looming deadlines, and scattered notes. Left unattended, these “open loops” consume valuable mental bandwidth, even during times when we should be resting and recharging. Every Friday afternoon, I dedicate time to what might be my most valuable productivity ritual: the…

  • Creative thinking with Obsidian

    For academics, the early stages of a writing project should be a time of exploration and discovery. Yet the tools we use often constrain our thinking in subtle but powerful ways. Most of us default to writing in linear documents like Google Docs or Word. While these tools excel at many things – including collaborating…