Monday, January 29, 2024

Surprisingly, doing nothing didn’t solve the problem.

I jotted down that quote from somewhere because it made me chuckle. I'm surprised by this all the time.

I enjoy tinkering with note-taking apps. This is fine, but it becomes a problem when I struggle to decide which one to actually use. It goes from "Ooh, that's neat!" to "OMG I should just stick with Emacs. But what about Logseq or Obsidian or Apple Notes or or or...?!" I spend entire days nearly catatonic over where to put my notes. Thing is, I'm not working and I'm not writing a book and I'm not actively studying anything. I don't even need to take notes. It doesn't matter and it's ridiculous that I waste so much time on it.

I like vinyl because it's imperfect. It makes popping, scratching noises but the music still sounds great. I feel this way about film photography, too. Grain makes film beautiful. It's the imperfections that remind me that things are real.

Just look at him go. I find it inspiring.