When I originally wrote MdViews , I’d envisioned it as a navigation convenience. A way to get me to my vast sea of stuff faster. Strangely, it’s been ridiculously useful in terms of focus and introspection and useful in ways that Notion and Obsidian’s similar features were not. Here’s how I’m using it to GTD.
In a 2026 effort to simplify my stack and de-platform, I needed to build and remix some tools to get to better GTD. MdViews is a first release in this series. It parses markdown frontmatter and creates previewable picklists and views of your notes. Think Obsidian’s dataviews or Notion’s databases, but lighter, simpler, and faster.
harsh has been a surprisingly good accountability watchdog for forging and keeping my habits. What started out as a simple parser has turned into an indispensible tool for helping me get longer range goals done in life. Some simple changes have made it even better for long term goals and tracking.
One of the goals I’m most proud of this year was certifying as an Emergency Medical Responder. It was hard, it was challenging, and I learned a ridonkulous amount. Post-training, I feel vastly more confident in my ability to handle things going sideways. If you don’t know First Aid, I highly recommend making it a 2026 goal for yourself.
With far too many books over-marketed and over-hyped, making the most of your precious reading time is getting harder. Here’s what I read in 2025 with some suggestions on definite reads for you as well as what to avoid.
Be your own streaming service. Free yourself from bad content and choice paralysis. Curation and focus beats unending libraries. Easy setup.
Getting real things done is hard. Inspiration versus grind can be fleeting. Use the technique of counting coup on achievements to keep yourself reminded of how awesome you really are and everything you’ve managed to do.
Yup, it’s that time of year again. My annual list of the tools I use and sharing what works for my productivity stack. I hope you find something useful for yourself or your workflows here.