🌦️ Harmony and balance
Plus = Minus, Joseph Albers
Too much of anything is probably a bad thing, variety is the spice of life, and eudaimonia is what we should be aiming for.
Sent from my laptop, perched on a Lisbon balcony overlooking the Tagus.
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Substrate is a digital garden
After experimenting (again) with Obsidian I came across Forestry.md which describes itself as "Open Source Digital Garden Hosting". I thought it was cool, but then realised that it would be yet another system where I have to fit into its workflow, rather than vice-versa
…Mosquitoes in the room
"We all know the elephant in the room' — the topic that everyone knows is there, but no one talks about. But what about the mosquitoes in the room, the tiny things we sense but ignore?"
— Mariana Alessandri, 'The fourth wall' (New Philosopher, #49)
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Reflections on 'Myths We Live By: Metaphor as a Tool for Empowering Change'
I attended a workshop on May 1st, 2026 with Annalise Lewis of Manifesto which was so good I followed-up with her for some 1:1 coaching. What follows are my notes from that initial workshop, which I scribbled down in a notebook.
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