diff --git a/.obsidian/app.json b/.obsidian/app.json index 456d43465..47fafb7df 100644 --- a/.obsidian/app.json +++ b/.obsidian/app.json @@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ "useMarkdownLinks": true, "showUnsupportedFiles": true, "mobileToolbarCommands": [ + "app:go-back", "obsidian-footnotes:insert-autonumbered-footnote", "editor:insert-wikilink", "editor:insert-embed", @@ -10,11 +11,13 @@ "editor:toggle-blockquote", "editor:toggle-bold", "editor:toggle-highlight", + "app:go-forward", "editor:set-heading", "editor:toggle-italics", "editor:toggle-strikethrough", "editor:paste", "editor:toggle-bullet-list", + "templater-obsidian:create-new-note-from-template", "editor:insert-tag", "editor:toggle-numbered-list", "editor:attach-file", @@ -24,10 +27,9 @@ "editor:unindent-list", "editor:redo", "editor:configure-toolbar", - "editor:toggle-source", - "templater-obsidian:create-new-note-from-template" + "editor:toggle-source" ], "alwaysUpdateLinks": true, "promptDelete": false, - "mobilePullAction": "omnisearch:show-modal" + "mobilePullAction": "command-palette:open" } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/.obsidian/community-plugins.json b/.obsidian/community-plugins.json index 109134f44..d08039350 100644 --- a/.obsidian/community-plugins.json +++ b/.obsidian/community-plugins.json @@ -4,5 +4,6 @@ "obsidian-footnotes", "custom-sort", "templater-obsidian", - "omnisearch" + "omnisearch", + "darlal-switcher-plus" ] \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/.obsidian/plugins/cmdr/data.json b/.obsidian/plugins/cmdr/data.json index 296d5d78d..4c69e86a5 100644 --- a/.obsidian/plugins/cmdr/data.json +++ b/.obsidian/plugins/cmdr/data.json @@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ "statusBar": [], "pageHeader": [ { - "id": "command-palette:open", - "icon": "lucide-terminal-square", - "name": "Command palette: Open command palette", + "id": "omnisearch:show-modal", + "icon": "lucide-search", + "name": "Omnisearch: Vault search", "mode": "any" } ], @@ -24,10 +24,10 @@ }, "spacing": 8, "advancedToolbar": { - "rowHeight": 48, + "rowHeight": 36, "rowCount": 2, "spacing": 0, - "buttonWidth": 48, + "buttonWidth": 36, "columnLayout": true, "mappedIcons": [ { diff --git a/.obsidian/plugins/custom-sort/data.json b/.obsidian/plugins/custom-sort/data.json index c8a554596..1cd086702 100644 --- a/.obsidian/plugins/custom-sort/data.json +++ b/.obsidian/plugins/custom-sort/data.json @@ -1,8 +1,8 @@ { "additionalSortspecFile": "", "suspended": false, - "statusBarEntryEnabled": true, - "notificationsEnabled": true, + "statusBarEntryEnabled": false, + "notificationsEnabled": false, "mobileNotificationsEnabled": false, "customSortContextSubmenu": true, "automaticBookmarksIntegration": true, diff --git a/.obsidian/plugins/obsidian-linter/data.json b/.obsidian/plugins/obsidian-linter/data.json index a95c34f55..2089ae8c8 100644 --- a/.obsidian/plugins/obsidian-linter/data.json +++ b/.obsidian/plugins/obsidian-linter/data.json @@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ "yaml-keys-to-remove": "" }, "yaml-key-sort": { - "enabled": false, - "yaml-key-priority-sort-order": "", + "enabled": true, + "yaml-key-priority-sort-order": "title:\ndescription:\ndate:\ncategories:\ndraft:", "priority-keys-at-start-of-yaml": true, "yaml-sort-order-for-other-keys": "None" }, diff --git a/.obsidian/workspace-mobile.json b/.obsidian/workspace-mobile.json index c45f86c57..09d1aebd1 100644 --- a/.obsidian/workspace-mobile.json +++ b/.obsidian/workspace-mobile.json @@ -18,8 +18,21 @@ "source": false } } + }, + { + "id": "ba4750059d7c4841", + "type": "leaf", + "state": { + "type": "markdown", + "state": { + "file": "posts/leaving-my-startup-was-the-right-decision.md", + "mode": "source", + "source": false + } + } } - ] + ], + "currentTab": 1 } ], "direction": "vertical" @@ -85,7 +98,7 @@ "state": { "type": "backlink", "state": { - "file": "_templates/new-post.md", + "file": "posts/leaving-my-startup-was-the-right-decision.md", "collapseAll": false, "extraContext": false, "sortOrder": "alphabetical", @@ -102,7 +115,7 @@ "state": { "type": "outgoing-link", "state": { - "file": "_templates/new-post.md", + "file": "posts/leaving-my-startup-was-the-right-decision.md", "linksCollapsed": false, "unlinkedCollapsed": true } @@ -114,7 +127,7 @@ "state": { "type": "outline", "state": { - "file": "_templates/new-post.md" + "file": "posts/leaving-my-startup-was-the-right-decision.md" } } } @@ -131,14 +144,27 @@ "command-palette:Open command palette": false, "custom-sort:Toggle custom sorting": false, "templater-obsidian:Templater": false, - "omnisearch:Omnisearch": false + "omnisearch:Omnisearch": false, + "darlal-switcher-plus:Open in Headings Mode": false, + "darlal-switcher-plus:Open Symbols for the active editor": false } }, - "active": "78912cccc2282195", + "active": "ba4750059d7c4841", "lastOpenFiles": [ - "book-review/how-to-decide-simple-tools-for-making-better-choices.md.md", - "book-review/2023-12-22-the-killers-of-the-flower-moon/index.md", + "img/walking-away.png", + "posts/flip-a-coin.md", + "posts/leaving-my-startup-was-the-right-decision.md", "_templates/new-post.md", + "book-review/how-to-decide-simple-tools-for-making-better-choices.md", + "Untitled 1.md", + "Untitled.md", + "posts/decisions-are-rivers.md", + "book-review/img/how-to-decide.jpg", + "book-review/img", + "book-review/2023-12-22-the-killers-of-the-flower-moon/index.md", + "Reading list.md", + "book-review/2023-12-23-the-best-of-edgar-allen-poe/photo.jpeg", + "book-review/how-to-decide-simple-tools-for-making-better-choices.md.md", "resume.pdf", "book-reviews/2023-12-22-the-killers-of-the-flower-moon/index.md", "posts/_template/index.md", @@ -163,7 +189,6 @@ "docs/sortspec.html", "christianity/christmas-empty-tomb/index.md", "docs/christianity/unknown-god/photo.jpeg", - "docs/christianity/unknown-god/index.html", "christianity/2023-12-31-cfm-rev-15-21/index.md", "docs/christianity/inconvenient-god/photo.jpeg", "christianity/inconvenient-god/photo.jpeg", @@ -171,16 +196,6 @@ "christianity/Test/index.md", "christianity/inconvenient-god/index.md", "christianity/christmas-empty-tomb/photo.jpeg", - "christianity/christmas-empty-tomb/deadtree.jpeg", - "docs/christianity/christmas-empty-tomb/photo.jpeg", - "docs/christianity/christmas-empty-tomb/deadtree.jpeg", - "posts/quarto-from-phone/index.md", - "gratitude/2023-12-26-i'm-grateful-for-blankets/index.md", - "gratitude/2023-12-24-light/index.md", - "gratitude/2023-12-25-grateful-for-doctors/index.md", - "christianity/2023-12-24-the-christ-child/index.md", - "christianity/2023-12-17-christmas-celebrates-a-living-christ/index.md", - "christianity/2023-12-24-he-is-the-light-that-we-should-share/index.md", - "christianity/2023-12-13-three-little-pigs/index.md" + "christianity/christmas-empty-tomb/deadtree.jpeg" ] } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/Reading list.md b/Reading list.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..bd1d2e59a --- /dev/null +++ b/Reading list.md @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ +--- +title: Reading List +description: Wish list of books +date: +categories: +draft: true +--- + +- [ ] How to win friends and influence people +- [ ] + +Spotify + +- [x] [index](book-review/2023-12-22-the-killers-of-the-flower-moon/index.md) +- [ ] [how-to-decide-simple-tools-for-making-better-choices](book-review/how-to-decide-simple-tools-for-making-better-choices.md) + +Libby: +- [ ] Edgar Allen Poe +- [ ] \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/_templates/new-post.md b/_templates/new-post.md index b7c8b6388..7ac879549 100644 --- a/_templates/new-post.md +++ b/_templates/new-post.md @@ -6,16 +6,17 @@ const folders = ["book-review", "christianity", "gratitude", "posts"]; // Use the suggester to let the user choose a folder let folder = await tp.system.suggester(folders, folders); -// Ask for file name and process it -let fileNameRaw = await tp.system.prompt("Enter file name:"); -let fileNameSlug = fileNameRaw +// Ask for a title +let title = await tp.system.prompt("Post title:"); + +// Convert title to a slug +let fileNameSlug = title .toLowerCase() .replace(/[^\w\s-]/g, '') // Remove punctuation .trim() .replace(/\s+/g, '-'); // Replace spaces with dashes -// Ask for a title -let title = await tp.system.prompt("Enter title:"); +let slug = await tp.system.prompt("Slug/Filename:", fileNameSlug) // Get current date let date = tp.date.now("YYYY-MM-DD"); @@ -25,11 +26,12 @@ let content = `--- title: "${title}" description: "" date: "${date}" +categories: ${folder} draft: false --- `; -const filepath = `${folder}/${fileNameSlug}.md` +const filepath = `${folder}/${slug}` await tp.file.move(filepath) --%> \ No newline at end of file +-%><% content %> diff --git a/book-review/2023-12-22-the-killers-of-the-flower-moon/index.md b/book-review/2023-12-22-the-killers-of-the-flower-moon/index.md index cf42444a4..abf686a9c 100644 --- a/book-review/2023-12-22-the-killers-of-the-flower-moon/index.md +++ b/book-review/2023-12-22-the-killers-of-the-flower-moon/index.md @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ categories: - book review - storytelling draft: false -date-finished: "" +date-finished: 2023-12-28 --- ![](photo.jpeg){.preview-image} diff --git a/book-review/how-to-decide-simple-tools-for-making-better-choices.md b/book-review/how-to-decide-simple-tools-for-making-better-choices.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..a25910dbe --- /dev/null +++ b/book-review/how-to-decide-simple-tools-for-making-better-choices.md @@ -0,0 +1,27 @@ +--- +title: "How to Decide: Simple Tools for Making Better Choices" +description: Choose wisely, and enjoy the ride. +date: 2023-12-28 +categories: + - book review + - decisions + - philosophy +draft: false +--- + +![how-to-decide](img/how-to-decide.jpg){.preview-image} + + +What is my best decision? Worst? + +- resulting: focusing on outcomes, rather than expected values and doing the best +- to improve decision making: focus on what the process was for decision making. Information gathering. Question asking. +- Remember choosing to leave Novi, wondering if someone was going to be a millionaire in my absence. Couldn't help but feel I was leaving money on the table by leaving. But I decided to leave to pursue what I was passionate about, and regardless that Novi went under I felt that was the right call as I finished my masters. + +Actions: +- make a knowledge tracker. Details on decisions. Info known before/after. Make this going forward + +Decision process: +- where do you want to go? +- What are all the ways to get there? +- By taking X choice, what are other ways it could go? What's the probability? diff --git a/book-review/how-to-decide-simple-tools-for-making-better-choices.md.md b/book-review/how-to-decide-simple-tools-for-making-better-choices.md.md deleted file mode 100644 index e69de29bb..000000000 diff --git a/book-review/img/how-to-decide.jpg b/book-review/img/how-to-decide.jpg new file mode 100644 index 000000000..a5a54c8ea Binary files /dev/null and b/book-review/img/how-to-decide.jpg differ diff --git a/img/walking-away.png b/img/walking-away.png new file mode 100644 index 000000000..cc9d5bd0b Binary files /dev/null and b/img/walking-away.png differ diff --git a/posts/decisions-are-rivers.md b/posts/decisions-are-rivers.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..cc6bf183d --- /dev/null +++ b/posts/decisions-are-rivers.md @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@ +--- +categories: + - decisions +title: Decisions are Like Hopping on a River Raft +description: Choose wisely, and enjoy the ride. +date: 2023-12-28 +draft: false +--- + +Reading [how-to-decide-simple-tools-for-making-better-choices](../book-review/how-to-decide-simple-tools-for-making-better-choices.md) and thinking about decisions. + +I like to think of decisions as rivers. + +Like decisions, all rivers lead somewhere. Where is your river heading? + +The decision is which river to get on in your little boat. You can only envision the destination. + +Being a high school English teacher is a decision. Where will that life take me after 5/10/20 years? Is that appealing? Only I can choose. + +This thinking process is the decision choice. The rest is up to luck. diff --git a/posts/flip-a-coin.md b/posts/flip-a-coin.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..5c1be6bd7 --- /dev/null +++ b/posts/flip-a-coin.md @@ -0,0 +1,23 @@ +--- +title: Flipping the coins of life +description: Are you right just because you got heads? +date: 2023-12-28 +categories: + - philosophy + - decisions +draft: false +--- +Assume you flip a coin 5 times and get heads 5 times. You're going pretty well! + +But are you? + +A normal coin has 50% chance of heads. Chances of 5 heads in a row is ~3/100. It's not nothing. But over time this will average to 50%, if you flip 10000 times. + +Decisions are rarely black and whites despite how we choice to say "that was a bad decision". The outcome doesn't determine the quality of the decision. + +You chose to flip a coin, and not roll a dice. You didn't roll a 32 sided die either. + +Focus on choice that maximize probability. This is the decision. + +- [how-to-decide-simple-tools-for-making-better-choices](../book-review/how-to-decide-simple-tools-for-making-better-choices.md) +- [decisions-are-rivers](decisions-are-rivers.md) diff --git a/posts/leaving-my-startup-was-the-right-decision.md b/posts/leaving-my-startup-was-the-right-decision.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..bfe468790 --- /dev/null +++ b/posts/leaving-my-startup-was-the-right-decision.md @@ -0,0 +1,28 @@ +--- +title: Leaving my Startup was the Right Decision +description: But not because of the outcome. +date: 2023-12-28 +categories: + - decisions + - storytelling + - hindsight +draft: false +--- + +I remember in 2014 deciding whether to leave my startuo after having just helped raise a seed round and finish a highly successful kickstarter. It was either: move with the team to Seattle or stay and finish my Master's degree. My married cofounder even suggested "you could find your wife here!" + +I imagined every scenario in my anxiety. I specifically imagined all of my partners making $1M dollars or something. I felt like the decision to leave was a decision to not be a millionaire. + +I emotionally came to terms with that possibility. And suddenly, that possible outcome had no allure to me anymore. + +I chose to finish my degree and pursue a career in data science. I also luckily found my wife *not* in Seattle just a few weeks later. + +I've made this choice a few times in my life: go with the direction I want to go at that time. To hop on the right [river](decisions-are-rivers.md). + +This was the right decision, because I came to terms with alternate realties and still chose what aligned with my goals. + +You never know what happens when you [flip-a-coin](flip-a-coin.md). But you can choose whether to flip. + +- [how-to-decide-simple-tools-for-making-better-choices](../book-review/how-to-decide-simple-tools-for-making-better-choices.md) + +![walking-away](../img/walking-away.png){.preview-image} \ No newline at end of file