Adopting personal knowledge management (PKM) techniques has 10x'd my creative output. My favorite PKM tool is Obsidian. Its usefulness far outstrips OneNote and Roam Research.

Writing is hard. At the end of a long day, the last thing I want to do is more work. How do I get myself in front of a blank page and not Netflix? This is how: I consume writing-related content.

When the idea of writing feels too burdensome, I dangle the idea of watching author-tube in front of my mind. That makes getting to my writing table so much easier.

This strategy helps me move past writer's block every time: I give myself permission to write garbage.

I write stream of consciousness brain vomit and after a while I start to see the stories I actually want to convey pour onto the page.

The worst content creators are the kind that urge you to follow them to learn how to grow your subscriber count, but the reason they have so many subscribers is because they’re getting you (and everyone else) to be a subscriber. It’s like a f***ing circle jerk.

Their whole shtick is basically: Subscribe to learn how I grow such a huge following! And by subscribing, you are actually growing their following. Just like everyone else before you.