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yatharth in asheville@AskYatharth• about 4 years ago

For as much as I use Twitter and Roam as my second brains, I know 𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 at the end of the day it’s all so messy I can never substitute my first brain, and this was a gift of a lesson to learn thanks to being messy.

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7/28/2021

yatharth in asheville@AskYatharth• about 4 years ago

Replying to @AskYatharth

The lie of the second brain is your knowledge is somehow safe. It is never safe. It will always rot, and you can never not rely on your poor, messy, biologically evolved first brain.

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7/28/2021

yatharth in asheville@AskYatharth• about 4 years ago

Replying to @AskYatharth

What second brains can do—and do for me: Take the pressure off. Like writing down a list I’m struggling to remember, I still need to remember to look at the list, but all I need now is a handle there, and vague felt sense that if I need certain things, go look in the list.

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7/28/2021

yatharth in asheville@AskYatharth• about 4 years ago

Replying to @AskYatharth

What they can’t do for me: solve my emotional problems about letting go of thoughts https://t.co/B3rCO8QgBo

yatharth in asheville@AskYatharth• over 4 years ago

“People are trying to solve deep emotional problems by building the perfect second brain.”

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9/5/2021

yatharth in asheville@AskYatharth• about 4 years ago

Replying to @AskYatharth

What they can’t do for me: solve the hard work of actually just experiencing with my first brain https://t.co/VrRqIScHrM

yatharth in asheville@AskYatharth• about 4 years ago

Some people route thoughts straight into their Second Brain without having it pass through their First Brain and leave it changed. This is a mistake.

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yatharth in asheville@AskYatharth• about 4 years ago

Replying to @AskYatharth

let go of thoughts voluntarily https://t.co/frx0lvQIf3

yatharth in asheville@AskYatharth• about 4 years ago

Exercise: Every day, purge one great thought from your mind. Let it go. Don’t write it down. Don’t try to record it. Just let it go. Vanish. And you come to realise—you can let go of great thoughts and still be okay.

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9/5/2021

yatharth in asheville@AskYatharth• about 4 years ago

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the hard work of just experiencing https://t.co/deNV9RU889

yatharth in asheville@AskYatharth• about 4 years ago

the hard work of just experiencing https://t.co/EGcHmFsemb

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9/5/2021

yatharth in asheville@AskYatharth• about 4 years ago

Replying to @AskYatharth

in praise of forgetting 😩 https://t.co/z7cXr3asub

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