I've been slowly putting the steps of Time Surfing into practice. This is a method from the book, I've Got Time by Paul Loomans. He recommends not being tied to a todo list. Making one is okay, but don't look at it much. He has another way to put this stuff into your head. Okay, so I like a list, but I see his point so I make and pretty much ignore my list other than to look and see how I'm doing now and then, maybe not even once a day.

I saw Ellane's (@ellane) post on the Forster list and this is working so well with the Time Surfing method. I've been so surprised to see what I've done on the list and how easy it is to focus on what I really want to do. The Forster and Loomas ways work so well together for me.

https://ellanew.com/2026/08/31/ptpl-222-forster-list-text-file

*How to create an analog Forster list*

"Begin by writing the first task you think of on the first line of the page. Do not attempt to separate tasks into categories. Add new tasks on the next available line, as they occur to you. Then —"

How to Change Your Life
Poem by Maria Popova

https://www.themarginalian.org/2026/09/09/how-to-change-your-life/

@ratfactor

I'm circling back around to your article< "This too shall pass." The first time I read it I looked at the video on "neutrality" and found it rewarding. That stayed in my mind for a short time and I'm feeling now to work with it some more.

I need to take a look at the two articles at the end that you mentioned, too.

https://ratfactor.com/cards/this-too-shall-pass

Ava wrote a fantastic article on Elizabeth Holmes who has come back into the news lately.

https://blog.avas.space/elizabeth-holmes/

Found this one that sure perked me up. Nice banjo:
Long Time Gone cover by Elle Cordova, Toni Lindgren, and Josh Turner

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWQ-lqyh4Ik

Oh, and that thing about the clipboard being accessed by Zoom is good to know.

This person writes a guide the way I would love to.

I've been enjoying Ranger, a CLI file browser for a while now. I learned how to run "aspell" on a selected file today. I found it at this very good "Ranger: A Smart Guide to the Terminal File Manager" (https://magic3007.github.io/blog/linux/tools/2025/08/22/ranger.html)

`!` opens the shell. `:shell` appears at the bottom command line
`aspell -c %f` runs aspell on the currently highlighted file.

Very nice, because I just finished editing and have the file highlighted.

@Hagukh

I was pulling weeds and saw a twig with what I thought might be a lichen. I took a picture and I guess it is two kinds. It was so exciting to see this just sitting there under my nose.

I'd love to have this dream!

https://www.remediosvaro.art/paintings/268

Memorial services are being held at the site of the Nepal-Tibet floods by the rescue teams

http://xhslink.com/o/3plxFrLsjiG

#nepalfloods #Nepal #tibetflood #tibet

Mushroom popped up by my kitchen window. I've not seen one like this before. I wonder if more will come up. Chlorophyllum molybdites comes up with an image search.

RE: https://mastodon.social/@fastmail/117029860720841187

Fastmail isn't free, but I've been painlessly using it for a few years now. I've got my website parked there at no extra cost.

I heard about Alysa Liu skating in the Olympics on a podcast about 'Holy Shivers' aka goosebumps. Great podcast (https://radiolab.org/podcast/the-holy-shiver). Had to see her skate. I searched the name and found that she won early this very year. You tube had it. Yeah, I see how it relates to goosebumps.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dg0h9iZ1ZAg

So... Obsidian set with Vim. I wake up this morning and start today's journal entry and end up with 5 of that entry in a row as a result of trying to type the time and Up. Maybe I better just use vi when I know I'm using vi. :-)

Two things today about Vim.
I got a book, but Andreas @82mhz suggested I might benefit from a video. He was right. I found this one https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZ4p-saaQkc. I watched most of it and got through much of the material in my book in about 40 minutes. I stopped watching as he got into coding specific needs and more.

On a whim I searched on Vim and Obsidian. There is a Vim mode for Obsidian. I use Obsidian a lot. I'm looking forward to practicing what I've learned for Vim while using Obsidian. So far it seems to work well.

#vim #obsidian

I just decided to thumb through my Linux Pocket Guide by Daniel Barrett. I was looking to see if it had anything on vi. I really have to read this little book, because I just found something very cool. I knew about 'aspell' but didn't know this command: aspell -c <filename>
That goes to the first mispelled word in the file and gives a bunch of options on what to do, including ignoring, adding, replacing, and exit. Then it goes to the next mispelled word and exits when there are no more. No need to open the file. Wild!

I needed to move past the 4 commands I knew for using vi editor. I went to PaperBackSwap where I have sent a few used books and had some credits and was delighted to find a copy of Learning the vi Editor (4th Ed) It's got that plastic comb binding so the book lays open flat. And it is such a good explanation for a newbie like me on what to learn first and practice. I'm thrilled. I don't know what the new versions that include vim are like, but this feels like gold, because it is just what I needed.

A GREAT NEED

Out

Of a great need

We are all holding hands

And climbing.

Not loving is a letting go.

Listen,

The terrain around here

Is

Far too

Dangerous

For

That.

– Hafiz

from "The Gift"
– Daniel Ladinsky (tr.)

#Hafiz
#Poetry

This podcast interview (1hr 12min) with Paul Loomans was a great review for me on his book on time surfing as well as a good introduction for those new to the idea:

@nlowell

https://relay.fm/focused/228

I'm keeping the download of it and will listen over again until I'm doing it, because it resonates so strongly as simple and natural to me.