Wait, it's Wednesday?
It's the week of the Thanksgiving here, with lots going on and day-to-day activities feeling a bit different. ...different enough that I made it to...
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Tidy Tuesday
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Action requires clarity
Greetings, data-tamers! I found myself distracted by some rather major (but positive) life events unfolding during the last week or two, and digital...
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Make starting easy
It's frigid where I live in southwestern Virginia today. Monday and Tuesday have had below-freezing temperatures and even worse wind chill because of a...
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Why are you keeping this stuff?
Greetings, all. One of the most important questions to ask when organizing your data is: why am I keeping this stuff? This applies just as much to physical...
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Proof-of-concept organizer app
Hey everyone, Those of you following along for the last few weeks know about my plan to help my mom migrate her significant Microsoft Word document...
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A real notes migration conundrum
Greetings, data-tamers. This week took an unexpected turn. Remember how I was going to walk through the migration process from Word into Craft? Here's what...
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Writing for yourself, or someone else?
Greetings, data-tamers! A few nights ago, one of my kids asked for a printout of some things he wanted to take with him into his bed to study and memorize...
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Breaking up with Word documents
Greetings, data-tamers! I'll tell you about my Q4 2025 Consistency Challenge project down below near the end of this post. But fist, want to do some...
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Shifting gears
Happy Tuesday, everyone. Before I get into today's topic, I wanted to share an article I stumbled upon late last week, which was an interesting follow-up...
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The $500k advice I keep ignoring
I'm writing this from my slightly-too-warm office (the afternoon sun hits this side of the house mercilessly and the HVAC unit servicing this area is 20...
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When \"better\" still feels like a mess
Greetings, all. I'm sitting here looking at my desktop with 24 tabs spread across multiple open browser windows and a to-do list that will only be empty by...
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Routine triggers redux
Last week, while discussing when "later" comes while dealing with your read-later list, I mentioned creating a "barnacle habit" if you don't have the...
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