Day 26: Building a 2nd Brain

Monday I was making notes on a project at work using my laptop. A coworker commented as I putting in my notes – wondering what I was doing. I gave him a quick rundown and he thought it was an interesting idea.

There really hasn’t been a huge change throughout this process – at least not yet. I have realized that I spend a ton of time simply mindlessly consuming content. So I’ve been cutting that down.

I am seeing a change in how I think about things in general – I’m trying to focus on a group of open ended questions that answering will help make my life better. It’s a small group so far, but I imagine as I get answers to the questions, more questions will come up.

The biggest questions I’ve been tackling right now:

  • How can I improve my Kenpo so that I’m more effective?
  • What are things I wish I’d known about life that I can teach my son?

I’ve also been tracking research I’m doing on projects around the house and for work. It’s nice to have the notes about what I’ve done as well as research I’ve already completed.

The biggest thing I’m finding now is just how unfamiliar I am with being decisive. This has made me realize just how much of my life has been chosen for me. Even though I’ve “made decisions” about my life much of it simply chosen by default or trying to make other people happy.

Now that I’m writing this out I’m seeing this is resulting in more changes than I thought.

I really need to spend more time with the book so I can get more ideas on how to use/harvest artifacts from what I’m already doing.


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