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Why I Built Beyond: Understanding the World and Yourself
I tried every note-taking tool I could find. They were all good at organizing. None of them made me think.
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Thoughts on thinking, writing, and making ideas your own.
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Let the Theme Emerge
I used to think I needed a clear topic before I could write anything worth keeping. What I've learned is that themes usually appear afterward, once enough honest records exist to make the pattern visible.
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Rereading Is Not Repetition
We often overestimate how much we truly absorb in a single reading. Rereading looks like repetition, but it's really the you of today meeting again with a book you once read.
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Take Back Your Thinking
When LLMs first came out, I couldn't wait to plug AI into my note-taking workflow. Two years later, I started pulling it back out.
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No AI, No Folders
Every feature I removed was something I'd used in other apps for years. Cutting them wasn't laziness. It was the hardest design work I've done.
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Start Writing Before You're Ready
I used to think I needed to figure things out before writing them down. Turns out writing is how you figure things out.
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A Daily Practice of Thinking
Most advice about reading sounds simple. Restate things in your own words. Read with a purpose. Reflect. The hard part isn't knowing what to do. It's actually doing it.
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Reading Yourself: The Other Library
The most surprising thing about writing responses to what you read isn't the writing. It's going back months later and meeting who you used to be.
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Confessions of a Collector
I had thousands of highlights and couldn't tell you what I actually thought about any of them. Turns out, saving isn't thinking.
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