If you're wondering why your projects got stuck, maybe it's because they should be efforts instead. You can learn more in Ideaverse For Obsidian, my (currently) free downloadable set of connected notes: start.linkingyourthinking.com/ideaverse-for-obsidian
This seems like a useful framework. I like how On/Ongoing/Simmering/Sleeping is tool agnostic and could also be used as a column on a spreadsheet for those of us that manage projects that way. Thank you Nick! 🙏
One the key points that make sense, is when he said "architect versus Gardener" 4:05 by taking away the divide or contempt between the two. It is true, that sometimes we need a more structure and organized "effort" (aka project) and sometimes we need a more creative and lose flow of work, like the gardener who is making sense of shapes and styles. For me, an electrical project requires more structure to meet agreements with clients or associates, but when creating new projects or new ideas, the gardener comes into play.
Probably one of the best descriptions I have ever seen of energy allocation in creation structure. Unsure if I will apply it in Obsidian, as I find it difficult to keep it all in the same app. But definitely I will "install" this mindset and use it asap in all my work. Thank you, Nick!
The difference I see here is that in GTD you don't assign a priority to tasks. The reasoning is that that cannot be done in a vacuum, so you do that when scanning tasks. Well... that just has never worked for me! I can't juggle a task list and magically pick the right next one. It's why I can't use GTD. But in this system, you can assign priorities on the fly, and, crucially, those individual decisions are represented graphically, and can be altered and adjusted. That solves my problem.
My life has little external structure, so contexts have to be consciously chosen each time... In my situation, they just become even more to somehow juggle. Although now that I think about it, maybe one of those time blocking approaches would work well to corral tasks into manageable groups.
Hi Nick, I am very confused by the notes at 6:30. You say The Effort Notes and connected to the efforts, and time-based notes are in calendar. A note for a 'On' effort will very often be time-based, so you would put those in the calendar notes? It feels like I am just taking my notes apart and making it more confusing here, maybe you have a insight for me. Thanks for all your work here!
Incredible stuff Nick. One question I’ve had after exploring the ideaverse is why the search tool is missing from the top left? Is there a reason you chose to not have that?
Look Nick, since this is very new; and since I very much appreciate Obsidian, I want to be as critically as possible without making any personal attacks. What I would want is not simmering or archive nor even numbering and ranking ongoing projects nor efforts, what I want is connecting everything that I'm doing so I can do everything at once instead of doing one thing without the other and vice versa. I know this would seem insane and probably impossible but I have this "simmering" idea in the back of my head on how to get this working. I'm not sure if anyone who reads this get what I mean, but in terms of working on one idea while not working on the other is very frustrating for me, I rather work on all ideas all together, that is peferably without everything getting cluttered and having to deal with another chaos theory in my own mind. So I would like to see, also working on it myself, a way to connect ongoing ideas, with ongoing efforts, while simultaneously cathing all that into projects by some sort of systemized standard operating procedure of some sort - think of it as a system that creates systems right. I'm creating policy as if I'm the entity "government" itself, while also policing on the chaos of ideas that need to be optimized, streamlined and then getting operational after being operationalized. That is what I want, need; and know will change the world of one's higly powered idea generating mind machine. Hope I inspired you, as this would shortcut any and all productivity and management systems out there, as if it were the internet verus a fysical dictionary, where the slow speed and complexity is being short-circuited to something higly practical and top speed and on target with bugati speed efficiency to crush any complexity to break it down to the core so the user can rebuild and mold it as one sees fit for optimal performance.
it sounds like you need some sort of customized version of the zettelkasten method. I get what you are saying, my brain works similarly, but it is probably difficult for you to find other systems/frameworks that fit because to have each effort/project interconnected in the way you want would be so uniquely dependent on your unique ideas/efforts/projects. Like, you almost have to let it be a maze of interconnected-ness and accept you can't get a clean overview -- and I say that as someone who is basically trying to embrace this approach myself. I forget if its in Build a Second Brain or Praxis 1 that Tiago Forte talks about 'order from noise' principle where the more "noise" you add, the more it will self-organize. My curent experiment is that each week I try to start a new mindmap in my sketchbook where I write down whats in my brain and as I keep adding to it the connections just kinda happen throughout the week. this feels like the closest I can get/have ever gotten to really seeing some kind of true overview of whats happening in my brain.
Build a custom view/dashboard with Excalibrain might be what u need (i.e. viewing the relationship between efforts/projects), it can still fit with framework proposed here
Am I looking at the Statuses of Efforts correctly? * On - Equivalent to GTD's 'Next Actions' * Ongoing - Equivalent to PPV's Pillar Support or GTD's 20,000ft Horizon i.e. no end date * Simmering - Backlog * Sleeping - Someday Maybe
You could do that. I've tried it several times. Here's why I've chosen not to broadly suggest that approach (but it could be right for you): • It's not as helpful for a broad audience unfamiliar with how to use properties. • It's not as universal for other applications that can't leverage properties. • It doesn't provide a simple and reliable view of the folders in the file explorer. When people feel lost in a knowledge environment, the folders still provide invaluable grounding. There other more nuanced reasons, but these a few to consider for your own needs and use cases.
Hi. For me it seems overcomplicated and not natural. I don't really get what an Effort is... or what it's not. It seems it can be anything. it can be a project, or like a project or a project container or a single task or action or like an area (in Para)... that's just confusing for me. It feels artificial or overthought.
That's not that. I totally understand the bottom-up (that's my default mode somehow and I have to struggle to get things more organised/optimal). I can't figure out why you try to establish some kind of dichotomy between [project-folder associated w/ top-down process ] and [effort-links associated w/ bottom-up process] and the main reason is because your effort concept is too undefined to me. I can replace it by "project", "task", "action"... but in that case your dichotomy above has no sense.
If you're wondering why your projects got stuck, maybe it's because they should be efforts instead. You can learn more in Ideaverse For Obsidian, my (currently) free downloadable set of connected notes: start.linkingyourthinking.com/ideaverse-for-obsidian
This seems like a useful framework. I like how On/Ongoing/Simmering/Sleeping is tool agnostic and could also be used as a column on a spreadsheet for those of us that manage projects that way. Thank you Nick! 🙏
you're welcome, happy to know you find it useful.
One the key points that make sense, is when he said "architect versus Gardener" 4:05 by taking away the divide or contempt between the two. It is true, that sometimes we need a more structure and organized "effort" (aka project) and sometimes we need a more creative and lose flow of work, like the gardener who is making sense of shapes and styles.
For me, an electrical project requires more structure to meet agreements with clients or associates, but when creating new projects or new ideas, the gardener comes into play.
I slept on this when you first aired it, but applying ACE has helped remove some friction I was experiencing with PARAs. Very cool framework
Grace to you from God. Interesting, what kind of friction you were having, would you share some awareness?
It ages like a fine wine
Probably one of the best descriptions I have ever seen of energy allocation in creation structure. Unsure if I will apply it in Obsidian, as I find it difficult to keep it all in the same app. But definitely I will "install" this mindset and use it asap in all my work. Thank you, Nick!
Wow, thank you!
The thought: this gonna change my life came twice in my head while watching this playlist, thanks again!
you're welcome. glad it resonated!
Thanks Nick, I appreciate amazing grace through you.
My pleasure!
The difference I see here is that in GTD you don't assign a priority to tasks. The reasoning is that that cannot be done in a vacuum, so you do that when scanning tasks. Well... that just has never worked for me! I can't juggle a task list and magically pick the right next one. It's why I can't use GTD. But in this system, you can assign priorities on the fly, and, crucially, those individual decisions are represented graphically, and can be altered and adjusted. That solves my problem.
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I think contexts are supposed to be how you would go about assigning priorities. Its never worked for my brain either though ha
My life has little external structure, so contexts have to be consciously chosen each time... In my situation, they just become even more to somehow juggle. Although now that I think about it, maybe one of those time blocking approaches would work well to corral tasks into manageable groups.
Thank you for the great knowledge and ideas, both of this video and others!
interesting concepts, thanks for sharing.
you're welcome.
Hi Nick, I am very confused by the notes at 6:30. You say The Effort Notes and connected to the efforts, and time-based notes are in calendar. A note for a 'On' effort will very often be time-based, so you would put those in the calendar notes? It feels like I am just taking my notes apart and making it more confusing here, maybe you have a insight for me. Thanks for all your work here!
ACE is awesome. But I miss the concept of spaces in LYT, how do you think we should organise in Effort way of thinking?
Incredible stuff Nick. One question I’ve had after exploring the ideaverse is why the search tool is missing from the top left? Is there a reason you chose to not have that?
Oh good catch. I must have been playing around before recording. The search tab is usually in the upper left
How does this fit with "PARA" ?
Asking for a friend
Look Nick, since this is very new; and since I very much appreciate Obsidian, I want to be as critically as possible without making any personal attacks. What I would want is not simmering or archive nor even numbering and ranking ongoing projects nor efforts, what I want is connecting everything that I'm doing so I can do everything at once instead of doing one thing without the other and vice versa. I know this would seem insane and probably impossible but I have this "simmering" idea in the back of my head on how to get this working. I'm not sure if anyone who reads this get what I mean, but in terms of working on one idea while not working on the other is very frustrating for me, I rather work on all ideas all together, that is peferably without everything getting cluttered and having to deal with another chaos theory in my own mind. So I would like to see, also working on it myself, a way to connect ongoing ideas, with ongoing efforts, while simultaneously cathing all that into projects by some sort of systemized standard operating procedure of some sort - think of it as a system that creates systems right. I'm creating policy as if I'm the entity "government" itself, while also policing on the chaos of ideas that need to be optimized, streamlined and then getting operational after being operationalized. That is what I want, need; and know will change the world of one's higly powered idea generating mind machine. Hope I inspired you, as this would shortcut any and all productivity and management systems out there, as if it were the internet verus a fysical dictionary, where the slow speed and complexity is being short-circuited to something higly practical and top speed and on target with bugati speed efficiency to crush any complexity to break it down to the core so the user can rebuild and mold it as one sees fit for optimal performance.
it sounds like you need some sort of customized version of the zettelkasten method. I get what you are saying, my brain works similarly, but it is probably difficult for you to find other systems/frameworks that fit because to have each effort/project interconnected in the way you want would be so uniquely dependent on your unique ideas/efforts/projects. Like, you almost have to let it be a maze of interconnected-ness and accept you can't get a clean overview -- and I say that as someone who is basically trying to embrace this approach myself. I forget if its in Build a Second Brain or Praxis 1 that Tiago Forte talks about 'order from noise' principle where the more "noise" you add, the more it will self-organize. My curent experiment is that each week I try to start a new mindmap in my sketchbook where I write down whats in my brain and as I keep adding to it the connections just kinda happen throughout the week. this feels like the closest I can get/have ever gotten to really seeing some kind of true overview of whats happening in my brain.
Build a custom view/dashboard with Excalibrain might be what u need (i.e. viewing the relationship between efforts/projects), it can still fit with framework proposed here
Am I looking at the Statuses of Efforts correctly?
* On - Equivalent to GTD's 'Next Actions'
* Ongoing - Equivalent to PPV's Pillar Support or GTD's 20,000ft Horizon i.e. no end date
* Simmering - Backlog
* Sleeping - Someday Maybe
Do you have a link to the UCLA Supercharge course?
It's not clear to me how this is different from PARA, aren't efforts the same as areas? Or would each effort be linked to a certain area?
Ideaverse and LyT are the same thing?
why aren't the statuses page Properties?
You could do that. I've tried it several times. Here's why I've chosen not to broadly suggest that approach (but it could be right for you):
• It's not as helpful for a broad audience unfamiliar with how to use properties.
• It's not as universal for other applications that can't leverage properties.
• It doesn't provide a simple and reliable view of the folders in the file explorer. When people feel lost in a knowledge environment, the folders still provide invaluable grounding.
There other more nuanced reasons, but these a few to consider for your own needs and use cases.
What is the theme?
@@satrac75 he also has his own theme called "lyt mode"
Hi. For me it seems overcomplicated and not natural. I don't really get what an Effort is... or what it's not. It seems it can be anything. it can be a project, or like a project or a project container or a single task or action or like an area (in Para)... that's just confusing for me. It feels artificial or overthought.
It's actually organic in the way that it develops from the bottom-up. It's completely possible your use cases don't need that type of looseness
That's not that. I totally understand the bottom-up (that's my default mode somehow and I have to struggle to get things more organised/optimal).
I can't figure out why you try to establish some kind of dichotomy between [project-folder associated w/ top-down process ] and [effort-links associated w/ bottom-up process] and the main reason is because your effort concept is too undefined to me. I can replace it by "project", "task", "action"... but in that case your dichotomy above has no sense.
How do you manage Goals? Can a Goal also be an effort?
it is cool,but i like access more
I was just wondering about the difference between ACE and ACCESS. What do you like better about the latter?
non linearity and connections. PKM done right works closer to the way the human mind does