A collection of practical advice. I’m just dumping a bunch of stuff in here for now, I’ll improve the ordering and curation later. ## Learning * [[My setup for reading, highlighting and annotation]] * [[My setup for writing]] * [[Obsidian is excellent for notes and personal knowledge management]] * [[How to find good podcast episodes]] * [[Unfortunately, PDF copies of many academic books & scientific papers can be easily found on the Anna's Archive website]] * [[Unfortunately, the Telegram Sci-Hub bot makes it very easy to access scientific papers even when your ISP has blocked Sci-Hub]] * [[Reading a book with ChatGPT]] ## Self-development * [[How to start a blog in 5 seconds for $0]] * [[Write tweets]] * [[How to use Twitter]] * [Want to do X more? Make it easy. Want to do X less? Make it hard.](https://medium.com/@peterhartree/avoid-triggers-and-make-it-harder-c2b1a94d01c4) * [[Learn one keyboard shortcut a week for a year]] * [[A quick, cheap way to make a great personal website (1-3 hours, $35 per year)]] * [[List of life-changing questions]] * [[Free online yoga classes]] * [[Schedule your worry time]] ## Working * [[How to switch to Gmail, Google Drive and other web apps with keyboard shortcuts]] * [[Some good books on business, management and productivity]] * [[Teams! Create a space for sharing half-baked ideas]] * [[Steelman the second-best option]] * [[Virtual coworking is really good]] * [[Work on something important. Then check your inbox.]] * [[Use the CAPS LOCK key for custom keyboard shortcuts]] * [[My favourite keyboard shortcuts]] * [[How to write great emails]] * [[The meeting doc and person log]] * [[Prepare your workspace before you take a break]] * [[Numbered lists are better than bullet-point lists]] * [[Some Google Sheets tips]] * [[A very easy way to scrape data from websites]] * [[An easy way to dictate instead of type on Mac OS]] * [[The best date format is usually YYYY-MM-DD]] * [[Put a "please return my laptop" message on your lock screen]] * [[How to set up a UK LTD company]] * [[How to open a Google Doc using a keyboard shortcut (without opening it more than once...)]] Purchases: * [[The £200 IKEA standing desk is good]] * [[Expensive noise-cancelling headphones are worth the cost]] * [[If you don't print that often, online print services are better than owning a printer]] <!-- * [[Buy time]] --> ## Travelling - [[Use Airalo to get mobile data in any country in less than 5 minutes]] * [[Buy a portable battery]] * [[How to travel with three screens]] ## Personal finance * [[Easy budgeting with separate spending cards]]