The Slow Burn
Greg WheelerHow to think deeply and find patterns in your own mind — through the practice of keeping a digital commonplace book.
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What My Digital Commonplace Book Said to Me on a Walk
Chapters:
0:00 What if your quotes could talk back?
0:52 Ember overview — thinking sessions vs. notes
1:35 The Sparks library — your digital commonplace book
2:43 Session walkthrough: Never Leave Home Without a Teachable Spirit...
Creativity Isn't Gone — It's Saturated
I walked past a puddle this morning that had no business still being there.
It hasn’t rained in two days. But we’ve had so much rain over the last week that the ground is just... full. It can’t take anymore. So the water from that last sto...
One Quote From a Friend Woke up My Mind & Commonplace Book
[0:00] Hello deep thinker. This video is going to be another thinking workflow video where I’m going to walk through the practice of keeping a commonplace book and even the practice of leaning into Zettelkasten and connecting ideas.
[0:15]...
Why don't I remember what I read?
Because you never wrote down what you thought about it — only what they said.
P.S. If you want a place to finally respond to the ideas that stop you — try Ember.
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The 3-Tool Framework for a Thinking System That Actually Grows With You
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What This Video Is About
0:00 Hey, deep thinker. Today’s video is going to be a workflow video showing a thinking session and showing my toolkit for thinking. So we’re going to go over the tools Ember and Obsidian and how I...
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