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10 ways to use Google Keep
First in a look at cheap/free and simple tools for intentionality.
Jan 8 • Robert Talbert
My start/stop/continue for 2026
Instead of New Year's Resolutions.
Dec 23, 2025 • Robert Talbert
Ditchability
How to keep a system from being too brittle
Dec 4, 2025 • Robert Talbert
Questions about coherence
How do we act in alignment with what's most important?
Nov 20, 2025 • Robert Talbert
The intentional sabbatical
Or, how my inherent laziness has made me productive on a big project
Nov 6, 2025 • Robert Talbert
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Simple rituals for shutting things down
How a daily shutdown/reset ritual helps you be intentional
Oct 23, 2025 • Robert Talbert
Digital tools in my sabbatical project, part 2
Obsidian as a power tool for the researcher's brain
Oct 9, 2025 • Robert Talbert
How I am using digital tools to do my sabbatical project
Part 1: Finding stuff to read and then reading it
Sep 25, 2025 • Robert Talbert
How and why to achieve Inbox Zero
A misunderstood concept that holds amazing promise for academics
Sep 11, 2025 • Robert Talbert
Fixing the missing piece of the Clarify process
A grand unified theory of academic email
Aug 28, 2025 • Robert Talbert
Who says you have the right to be intentional?
The Law of the Whole Person and what it implies
Aug 14, 2025 • Robert Talbert
How and why I use ToDoist
A personal operating system for being intentional
Jul 31, 2025 • Robert Talbert
How and why I use Obsidian
Tools aren't the main thing, but they're an important thing
Jul 17, 2025 • Robert Talbert
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