Accumulating little notes

I recently shared the question of whether meta work is worth the effort. It’s certainly situational, but I’m finding that it often can pay off quite well in the long run.

In that previous post, part of the thought was around tracking books from lists that people suggest. Similar to the list that I shared last time, I’ve started adding the books mentioned in the new podcast from Adam Walker and Jeff Hilimire called “ Who as time to read? “ to my database as well.

I respect the opinions of those two guys quite a lot, so adding those insights into Obsidian seemed like a wise thing to do. After each episode, I pull their list of books and add them all in. I’ve read some of them previously, I plan to read others, and I plan to skip some of them, but it’s helpful to put all of them in there for reference.

People

To back up a bit, I add every person that I come across in meetings and readings into Obsidian, leading to having around 3,500 people in my Obsidian database so far. In adding them, I’ve found it best to keep it simple — friends, authors, athletes, astronauts and everyone else all go into the same bucket. It’s similar to the idea of Multiplexity that I keep for my phone contact list; one big group is easier than trying to split things up.