Sometimes random thoughts and sometimes I’ve learned something.
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- A Room Made of Leaves by Kate Grenville
⭐⭐ 1.5/5 Stars – This does nothing remotely interesting and it pissed me off. - Pen & Paper, IRLExperiments > Goals, and I remember that writing with pen on paper is v good for thinking.
- I jailbroke my Kindle
I had a lot of grand plans for my Christmas break, yet in Classic Alice style, I immediately got distracted by a shiny new side project. The video It’s Time to Jailbreak Your Kindle by Damnit Jeff came up in my YouTube feed. I’m not sure why, but the algorithm Gods decided to serve it… - Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents by Lindsay C. GibsonThe more I think about this book the lower my rating gets. – 🫠 1/5 Stars
- Personal Curriculums
Since I am in my late thirties now, and I’m generally pretty jaded, I usually reflexively hate internet trends. It irks me when I suddenly get a YouTube feed full of videos on the same bloody thing. The generous argument would be this is a community in conversation, by my cynical side sees it as… - Input
I’ve been feeling muddled recently. This isn’t unusual; my head is often feeling full of too many thoughts I never get to process. These are ideas I want to explore, blog posts I’d like to write, craft projects I want to make, things I want to read, and skills I’d like to work on. I’ve… - Tracking my Digital Comic Book Reading in Obsidian
Probably not useful for anybody else, but I’m excited about this process! This is how I’m using ComicRack + Comic Vine scraping to generate .md notes for Obsidian! - Obsidian reading dashboardUsing a combination of Bases, Dataview and custom CSS I’ve built a new and improved reading dashboard that I’m very excited about!
- A new approach to tracking reading with Obsidian BasesI ❤️ Obsidian Bases
- 10 Good Things (Joyful Moments #12)
No books this week, instead a little gratitude practice for my mental health.
Latest Learnings on ‘Life’
More thought out articles (hopefully) about health, wellbeing, being adult person, the menstrual cycle etc.
- Thoughts on habits, exercise and motivationThree years after I read ‘Atomic Habits’ I have some updated conclusions on building good habits, motivation and sticking to exercise routines.
- Annual Review 2025Happy New Year! Welcome to 2026! 2025 was a good one. We got married, and I did enjoy the wedding! I don’t think I have ever smiled so much (I even got comments to that effect!). We got the bathroom done, we bought a new car, and we’ve made some moves towards redecorating the living…
- Digest 20250608Catching up – new bathroom, new car, new walking challenge, new make-up!
- Our Mordor Walking Challenge using Google Sheets
Details on our Mordor Walking Challenge and link to a copy of the Google Sheet we’re using! - The New Fitness Plan
Turns out Star Trek is the motivation I needed.
