# Mission
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> *I want to develop a lifestyle revolving around capturing my non-linear thoughts that can be used to create mental [[Connection|connections]] and reflections to better understand myself.*
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# [[Intention]]
> The [[Intention]] of this page is to track my learning process towards developing my [[Mind Map]] system and lifestyle.
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> An emphasis on lifestyle and daily integration of reflection.
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> Understanding how I learned this to help myself, I can then create beginner guide and template system that can be given or sold to others.
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> Possibly an open-source base [[Obsidian]] vault and premium version using my personal techniques.
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# Future Waves of Learning
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- Initial wave:
- [x] the software itself. (*~1 month*) ✅ 2023-12-30
- Second wave:
- [x] applying techniques using the software tools. (*~1-2 months*) ✅ 2024-01-06
- Third wave: *current*
- [ ] integration of lifestyle and reiteration of techniques/tools. (*~3-6 months*)
- Fourth wave:
- [ ] further knowledge discovery and learning for [[Psychology]]
- [ ] applied human [[psychology]] techniques. (*~1-2 years*)
- Fifth wave
- [ ] further knowledge discovery and learning for [[Artificial Intelligence]]
- [ ] applied AI learning models. (*~2-4 years*)
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# Guiding Questions
> 1. Can I find what I'm looking for quickly? Easily?
> 2. Am I able to think fast? Am I able to think deeply?
> 3. Can I be surprised by serendipitous [[Connection|connections]]?
# Guiding Definitions
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The theme I intend to cultivate throughout this is based on [[psychology]], computer science, and software development.
## Journaling
### Basic Note-Taking
> - [[Basic Note]]
> - Turn random and stray ideas into concrete notes to be seen again later
> - No longer lose random knowledge or insights
### Periodics
> - [[Daily Note]]
> - [[Weekly Note]]
> - [[Monthly Note]]
> - [[Yearly Note]]
### Reflections
> - Periodics encourage reflective journaling using sections
> - [[Daily Note#^41bc6a|Daily Note -> What Did I learn today?]]
> - [[Daily Note#^0dd391|Daily Note -> Questions Raised]]
> - [[New Discussion]]
> - [[New Conversation]]
> - [[New Note Conversion]]
### [[Knowledge Management|Personal Knowledge Management (PKM)]]
> - [[First Brain]]
> - [[Second Brain]]
> - [[Knowledge Garden|🌳 Knowledge Garden]]
> - [[LYT Kit]]
> - [[Mind Palace]]
> - [[Thought Trip|thought-trips]]
> - [[Zettelkasten|Zettelkasten]]
## Science
### [[Psychology]]
> - [[Autism]]
> - [[Carl Jung]]
> - [[Conscious|Consciousness]]
> - [[Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs]]
> - [[Alignment Living]]
> - [[Non-Linear Thinking]]
### Software Development
> - [[Agile]]
### Computer Science
> - Algorithms
> - [[Connection|Connections]]
> - [[Connection]]
> - Graphs
> - [[Knowledge Graph]]
> - [[Node|Nodes]]
> - Note
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# Guiding Values of [[PKM]]
[[LYT Kit]] - *Source*
When it comes to your [[PKM]] (Personal knowledge management),
the following are some guiding values and principles to consider.
_Your digital library should:_
> 1. Be a joy to use
> 2. Be future-proofed (so your notes are robust, not fragile)
> 3. Allow for fast and reliable note retrieval (both today and in 10 years)
> 4. Encourage critical, creative, connective, and generative thinking
> 5. Encourage active, engaged, and contextual thinking
> 6. Encourage lateral and metaphorical thinking
> 7. Allow for the spontaneous cross-pollination of ideas
> 8. Produce finished products (when desired)
> 9. Accumulate in meaningful knowledge over time
> 10. Compound in personal value over time
> 11. Encourage repetition (repetitions strengthen memory)
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# Timeline
## The Start
> - [[My 2023 Rock Bottom]]
> - Note taking software research
> - Discovery of Obsidian
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# Obsidian
### Obsidian Templater
> - [[Daily Note]]
> - [[generate_ouraring_score.js]]
> - [[Oura Ring Metrics]]
> - should not be held to a high standard of "completeness"
> - they are simply there to capture thoughts and ideas on a daily basis
> - a place to put things that may or may not be used again later
> - appropriate and accurate tagging and wiki links will help the re-discovery and review process
> - a place to put images that means something to you
> - Today's plan
> - [[Today's Plan Dynamic Energy levels]]
> - a layout of the day split into parts of the day
> - should be customized to the user's wake times and energy levels
> - integrate action items outside of general layout
> - Daily Gratitude (2023-12-31)
> - [[Create task to indicate a star value in the tasks plugin]]
> - [[New Note Conversion]]
> - [[New Conversation]]
> - digital notes from phone
> - journal entry notes
> - #reflections section
> - [[Dream Note]]
> - [[New Q-A]]
> - [[Ideas]]
> - [[Backlog All Tasks]]
> - Bookmark groups
> - Dashboarding
> - [[Dashboard]]
> - [[The Mind Of Serka]]
> - [[Projects]]
> - [[Create Discussions Template]]
> - [[Discussion - 7 Life Lessons I Wish I Knew Sooner - Mark Manson]]
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### Obsidian Plugins
> - Tasks plugin
> - wrangle tasks across all files
> - Dataview plugin
> - https://blacksmithgu.github.io/obsidian-dataview/
> - wrangle to-do tags across all files
> - Reminder plugin
> - schedule reminders for the future
> - Tag Wrangler
> - create tag pages to integrate mapping techniques with tags
> - ExcaliBrain
> - first experience visualizing what a [[mind map]] may look like
> - [[Enable Obsidian Sync]]
> - useful for cross-device usage
> - mainly to be able to save time converting mobile notes instead of [[New Note Conversion]] template
> - official sync support is likely better than third-party risk through Dropbox (no offence to Dropbox, it was working well)
> - (2023-12-27 16:22) ![[Pasted image 20231227162207.png]]
> - [[Enable and learn Obsidian Publish]]
> - cant use community plugins
> - ability to have your own domain name
> - a lot more user friendly than a pdf
> - internet based
> - https://publish.obsidian.md/the-mind-of-serka
> - [[The Mind Of Serka - Published Home Page]]
> - reiterating constantly to add new headers and starting places
> - ![[Pasted image 20231222152920.png]]
> - [[About My Mind Map]]
> - The new Callout Feature to highlight information for readers (2023-12-27)
> - Another edit and restructure (2023-12-30)
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# Personal Techniques
### Intense mental work should be done soon after waking from solid slumber
> - something something about brain is a cache system
> - [[2023-12-15#^f3b57a]]
### Verticality structure using bullet points to continue lines of thinking
> - breaks up long paragraphs into shorter, more digestible thoughts
### Pins act as "front or top of the mind" items
> - currently pinned:
> - [[The Mind Of Serka - Published Home Page]]
> - [[Daily Note]] of the day
### Integrating tags AND page links into sentences as words
> - metadata for entire pages should be placed mostly in the tags section of each page
> - Learned making [[Connection|connections]] using mentions can be expanded upon immensely
> - [[Convert existing tags over to appropriate definitions]]
> - context tagging (i.e. #x/y/z or #a/b/c or #tagTerm/subTerm or #fruit/apple)
### Multiple Appearances for different modes of work
> - one appearance for work mode, another for reading mode (minimal vs discordian)
> - emojis are nice in minimal mode, but does not work with dropbox
### Insights bookmark and tag
> - Conversions are the past
> - Reflections are the present
> - Dreams are the future
> - #insight #insights
### Status tags
> - don't commit to a task item until set to #in-progress state ^bd08c6
> - #triage is a state of uncertainty, thus not worth spending too much mental effort and time
> - #triage to #backlog when moved out of the thought pot into a backlog project (accepted idea with a little bit of added detail)
> - #backlog to #ready when moved out of backlog and into ready folder (defined and approved)
> - #ready to #in-progress once actively working on task
> - #in-progress to #complete once work feels completed
### Folder Hierarchy Systems
> - [[Safety Box]]
> - [[WORDS]]
> - instead of [[Idea Box]] (thanks [[Rachel Ray|Rachel]])
> - Type: task on [[WORDS]] ideas
> - [[Dictionary/Mind Keys/Obsidian/Dictionary]]
> - A place to store definitions and build a glossary and connection base
### Periodic Notes Reviewing
> - [[Pull weekly, monthly, yearly ideas from planner]]
> - [[Obsidian Script - move daily files into weekly folder and weekly into monthly]]
> - [[Create task to indicate a star value in the tasks plugin]]
> - [[Weekly reviews]]
> - [[2023 - Year in Review]]
> - Month-by-month review
> - Technology Usage
> - Holidays Wrap-up
> - Start a new [[Yearly Note]] for 2024
### Storage
- Using iframe markdowns instead of any storage when I have a link to an image
- [[Obsidian plugin - Replace pasted images with AWS S3 iframe links]]
- `<iframe src="" style="width:100%; height:300px;" ></iframe>`
### Desktop App home page and Published Home Page
> - [[The Mind Of Serka]]
> - [[The Mind Of Serka - Published Home Page]]
### How to Write and Edit ^8bed39
> - Mass linear and non-linear writing focusing on the flow of the writing more than anything
> - Backtrack through mass edit and split into new headers, paragraphs, sentences, line breaks
> - Personally I tend to do a lot of bullet pointing, which can translate fairly well into the hashtag header style of writing. Which I may try to do more often (2023-12-22 18:00)
> - Backtrack again to linkitize and add to [[Dictionary/Dictionary|Dictionary]]
> - Once more to finalize completeness and metadata tags
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# Internet knowledge
### [[Tane Piper]] [[Knowledge Garden]]
> - #github https://github.com/tanepiper/obsidian-garden
> - [[New Project Todo List]]
> - [[🏭 Project Stucture|Project Structure]]
> - Idea box (Seed Box)
### [[LYT Kit]]
> - https://www.linkingyourthinking.com/myideaverse/start
> - uses [[Obsidian]] and gives a sandbox environment as a place to start learning by doing
> - ARC Framework—Add, Relate, Communicate
> - [[Learn the 4 levels of effort and LYT Kit]]
### Themes:
> - [[LYT Kit|Ideaverse]]
> - [[Knowledge Garden|🌳 Knowledge Garden]]
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# Q & A
### Q: "*What king of writing?*"
> "Personal reflection and psychology type of journaling, also a thing called Personal Knowledge System."
> [[The Seven Acts]]
### Q: "Why?"
> [[About My Mind Map#^1e64a7|Mission Statement]]
### Q: "*How?*"
> [[About My Mind Map|Future of Mind Map]]
### Q: "*Who does this benefit?*"
> [[About My Mind Map#Guiding Values of PKM|Guiding Values of PKM]]
### Q: "*How did you do this?*"
> [[About My Mind Map#Timeline|The Timeline]]
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Relevant tags:
#mind-key #mind-map #technique #obsidian #problem-solving #self-discovery #reflections #sleep