Ellane ·𐑧𐑤𐑱𐑯
@ellanew.com
Australian designer, writer, and plain text advocate. Indie blogger at https://ellanew.com. Planning and note-making without shiny app lock-in. Obsidian user. Christian. Swearing and politics blocked. https://pkm.social/@ellane ·𐑧𐑤𐑱𐑯 #𐑖𐑱𐑝𐑾𐑯
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Ellane ·𐑧𐑤𐑱𐑯
@ellanew.com
· Nov 24
This week: Reflections and resources to help you focus on the work that matters instead of overcomplicating your systems. (quotes in the comments)
#ptpl #productivity #mindfulness #MentalHealth
(Blog post link included ↓)
#ptpl #productivity #mindfulness #MentalHealth
(Blog post link included ↓)
PTPL 188 · Tools to help steady your routines, reclaim your attention, and move deliberately toward…
Yes, it’s possible to bring order back to your days without reinventing everything
miscellaneplans.medium.com
December 29, 2025 at 12:29 AM
This week: Reflections and resources to help you focus on the work that matters instead of overcomplicating your systems. (quotes in the comments)
#ptpl #productivity #mindfulness #MentalHealth
(Blog post link included ↓)
#ptpl #productivity #mindfulness #MentalHealth
(Blog post link included ↓)
The character count is tiny on #Bluesky, so here's a canny trick to fit in just a little more into a single post, when sharing a link.
1. Write your post, add the link
2. Delete the link
That's it! A clickable preview will still be there, even when the text of the link has been deleted.
1. Write your post, add the link
2. Delete the link
That's it! A clickable preview will still be there, even when the text of the link has been deleted.
December 22, 2025 at 7:48 AM
The character count is tiny on #Bluesky, so here's a canny trick to fit in just a little more into a single post, when sharing a link.
1. Write your post, add the link
2. Delete the link
That's it! A clickable preview will still be there, even when the text of the link has been deleted.
1. Write your post, add the link
2. Delete the link
That's it! A clickable preview will still be there, even when the text of the link has been deleted.
This week: one idea and one link to reveal what "good enough" can look like when your mind and your schedule are too full to get everything done. Plain text related, but both can apply to any well-balanced life. Be kind to your elephant!
Click through for blog link:
#ptpl #productivity #PlainText
Click through for blog link:
#ptpl #productivity #PlainText
Here’s an Elephant to Help You Find “Good Enough” When Everything Feels Too Much
On personal manifestos and plain text systems that don’t punish you
medium.com
December 22, 2025 at 4:06 AM
This week: one idea and one link to reveal what "good enough" can look like when your mind and your schedule are too full to get everything done. Plain text related, but both can apply to any well-balanced life. Be kind to your elephant!
Click through for blog link:
#ptpl #productivity #PlainText
Click through for blog link:
#ptpl #productivity #PlainText
I’ve used ⌘-hover to preview internal links in #Obsidian for years, but this week I discovered that it also works on tabs. Holding down ⌘ while hovering over the name of a tab gives a 3rd-party-plugin-free, scrollable preview of that page — with clickable links (!)
#ptpl #plainText
#ptpl #plainText
Obsidian’s Page Preview vs. the Hover Editor Plugin
Plus tips for using Notebook Navigator, from Elizabeth Tai
medium.com
December 1, 2025 at 5:44 AM
I’ve used ⌘-hover to preview internal links in #Obsidian for years, but this week I discovered that it also works on tabs. Holding down ⌘ while hovering over the name of a tab gives a 3rd-party-plugin-free, scrollable preview of that page — with clickable links (!)
#ptpl #plainText
#ptpl #plainText
Two years ago I embarked on a challenge: to only access my digital notes with TextEdit and iA Writer on my #Mac. It was an enlightening and a frustrating experience!
Two days ago I decided to revisit the #plainTextExperiment by temporarily putting #Obsidian away again. What happened next…
Two days ago I decided to revisit the #plainTextExperiment by temporarily putting #Obsidian away again. What happened next…
The 3 Levels of Plain Text Productivity, and Why Level 2 is the Sweet Spot
PTPL 183 · What happened when I quit Obsidian again, 2 years later
miscellaneplans.medium.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Two years ago I embarked on a challenge: to only access my digital notes with TextEdit and iA Writer on my #Mac. It was an enlightening and a frustrating experience!
Two days ago I decided to revisit the #plainTextExperiment by temporarily putting #Obsidian away again. What happened next…
Two days ago I decided to revisit the #plainTextExperiment by temporarily putting #Obsidian away again. What happened next…
Connecting one stubborn task to my core values changed everything. Sometimes you need to feel the why before you can do the work. (thread…)
#PTPL #productivity #procrastination
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#PTPL #productivity #procrastination
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How to Climb Out of Task Resistance
What finally setting up the spare bed taught me about the things we keep putting off
miscellaneplans.medium.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Connecting one stubborn task to my core values changed everything. Sometimes you need to feel the why before you can do the work. (thread…)
#PTPL #productivity #procrastination
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#PTPL #productivity #procrastination
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Reposted by Ellane ·𐑧𐑤𐑱𐑯
Helping someone assemble Instagram posts as a booklet.
November 5, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Helping someone assemble Instagram posts as a booklet.
Creative task avoidance can look like productivity. This week I look at how to spot it, and give a sneak peek of my new Obsidian plain text task dashboard — the crafting of which was *totally not* an avoidance mechanism! I hope!!
#productivity #obsidian #plainText
#productivity #obsidian #plainText
My New Task Dashboard Passes the Most Important Test
It makes work easier without becoming the work itself
miscellaneplans.medium.com
November 3, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Creative task avoidance can look like productivity. This week I look at how to spot it, and give a sneak peek of my new Obsidian plain text task dashboard — the crafting of which was *totally not* an avoidance mechanism! I hope!!
#productivity #obsidian #plainText
#productivity #obsidian #plainText
Simplify your planning with easy, fun #iPhone shortcuts to four #Obsidian files. Stay on top of notes, tasks, calendar, and daily goals without complex apps. (thread…)
Medium medium.com/@miscellanep...
Blog ellanew.com/2025/10/06/p...
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How I Get Instant Access to the Four Text Files That Run My Life
Living life distraction free, thanks to these simple iPhone Shortcuts
medium.com
October 6, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Simplify your planning with easy, fun #iPhone shortcuts to four #Obsidian files. Stay on top of notes, tasks, calendar, and daily goals without complex apps. (thread…)
Medium medium.com/@miscellanep...
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Whelp, it's #Inktober already here in #Australia ! This year I'm sketching and inking each drawing with my non-dominant hand. Always wanted to be ambidextrous; this is helping.
Here's my index page ellanew.com/2025/10/01/i...
…and here's a shortcut to day 1, Mustache ellanew.com/2025/10/01/i...
Here's my index page ellanew.com/2025/10/01/i...
…and here's a shortcut to day 1, Mustache ellanew.com/2025/10/01/i...
Inktober 2025 - Index - Ellane W
My second attempt at Inktober. All drawings done with a fine nib fountain pen in black ink, with my non-dominant hand.
ellanew.com
October 1, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Whelp, it's #Inktober already here in #Australia ! This year I'm sketching and inking each drawing with my non-dominant hand. Always wanted to be ambidextrous; this is helping.
Here's my index page ellanew.com/2025/10/01/i...
…and here's a shortcut to day 1, Mustache ellanew.com/2025/10/01/i...
Here's my index page ellanew.com/2025/10/01/i...
…and here's a shortcut to day 1, Mustache ellanew.com/2025/10/01/i...
Learn calendar.txt, a simple plain text system for time management. Just add dates and events, no complex apps needed. The perfect companion to todo.txt. (h/t to @ploum@mamot.fr for putting me onto it) (thread…)
#productivity #plainText #ptpl #calendar
#productivity #plainText #ptpl #calendar
Calendar.txt is the Simplest Time Planning System You Will Ever See
No complex apps; you just need to know the idea
medium.com
September 29, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Learn calendar.txt, a simple plain text system for time management. Just add dates and events, no complex apps needed. The perfect companion to todo.txt. (h/t to @ploum@mamot.fr for putting me onto it) (thread…)
#productivity #plainText #ptpl #calendar
#productivity #plainText #ptpl #calendar
My yearly ritual of setting up wall, paper, and digital calendars to shape the future and keep life on track.
These calendars live on my wall, in a paper notebook, and on my Apple devices. They let me time travel to next year, making it feel like a place I've already been. (thread…)
These calendars live on my wall, in a paper notebook, and on my Apple devices. They let me time travel to next year, making it feel like a place I've already been. (thread…)
I Like to Time Travel with Wall, Paper, and Digital Calendars
Making next year feel like a place I’ve already been
medium.com
September 22, 2025 at 3:55 AM
My yearly ritual of setting up wall, paper, and digital calendars to shape the future and keep life on track.
These calendars live on my wall, in a paper notebook, and on my Apple devices. They let me time travel to next year, making it feel like a place I've already been. (thread…)
These calendars live on my wall, in a paper notebook, and on my Apple devices. They let me time travel to next year, making it feel like a place I've already been. (thread…)
Reposted by Ellane ·𐑧𐑤𐑱𐑯
Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?
Mary Oliver
Mary Oliver
September 18, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?
Mary Oliver
Mary Oliver
This week: the plain text enthusiasts and simple tool users who inspired my productivity journey, plus thoughts on what makes a tool stack work.
#productivity #Mac #design #app #obsidian #plainText #ptpl
#productivity #Mac #design #app #obsidian #plainText #ptpl
Tool Stack Inspiration — the People and Apps That Shaped My Path
Methodology trumps technology, every time
medium.com
September 15, 2025 at 6:07 AM
This week: the plain text enthusiasts and simple tool users who inspired my productivity journey, plus thoughts on what makes a tool stack work.
#productivity #Mac #design #app #obsidian #plainText #ptpl
#productivity #Mac #design #app #obsidian #plainText #ptpl
Reposted by Ellane ·𐑧𐑤𐑱𐑯
I need you to know that your contribution, your voice, your perspective, your way of explaining something, YOUR whatever, is valuable.
Just because "it's been done before" doesn't mean you shouldn't do it. Nothing is new, everything's been done! But not by you. Yet.
#databs #rststs #python
Just because "it's been done before" doesn't mean you shouldn't do it. Nothing is new, everything's been done! But not by you. Yet.
#databs #rststs #python
September 14, 2025 at 4:27 PM
I took this pic through an office window at the end of a wonderful, demanding week being the full time carer of an elderly family member on holiday. Can’t tell you how much it resonates! Made me smile big and wide. It’s okay to both have a nice time and to want to scream afterwards. #introvert
September 11, 2025 at 10:09 AM
I took this pic through an office window at the end of a wonderful, demanding week being the full time carer of an elderly family member on holiday. Can’t tell you how much it resonates! Made me smile big and wide. It’s okay to both have a nice time and to want to scream afterwards. #introvert
After nearly 30 years of email chaos and 8,000+ messages, I, a chronically messy person, finally achieved Inbox Zero. Here's the simple 3-folder system that made it happen.
#ptpl #productivity
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#ptpl #productivity
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Three Decades of Email Clutter. Three Folders. One Life Changed.
How one messy person learned to love an empty inbox
miscellaneplans.medium.com
September 8, 2025 at 4:36 AM
After nearly 30 years of email chaos and 8,000+ messages, I, a chronically messy person, finally achieved Inbox Zero. Here's the simple 3-folder system that made it happen.
#ptpl #productivity
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#ptpl #productivity
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Reposted by Ellane ·𐑧𐑤𐑱𐑯
Piano, clarinet, and flute piece. Absolutely gorgeous, in my opinion.
I’d really love you to check out my sheet music for this at www.sheetmusicdirect.com/en-US/se/ID_...
I did all the engraving and layout myself, note by note. I hate to beg but, a look, a like, & a share would make me very happy.
I’d really love you to check out my sheet music for this at www.sheetmusicdirect.com/en-US/se/ID_...
I did all the engraving and layout myself, note by note. I hate to beg but, a look, a like, & a share would make me very happy.
Echo, by Ernesto Köhler, 1888
YouTube video by Lilly Piper
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September 3, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Piano, clarinet, and flute piece. Absolutely gorgeous, in my opinion.
I’d really love you to check out my sheet music for this at www.sheetmusicdirect.com/en-US/se/ID_...
I did all the engraving and layout myself, note by note. I hate to beg but, a look, a like, & a share would make me very happy.
I’d really love you to check out my sheet music for this at www.sheetmusicdirect.com/en-US/se/ID_...
I did all the engraving and layout myself, note by note. I hate to beg but, a look, a like, & a share would make me very happy.
Introducing what I have affectionately dubbed my One-Page Notebook (1PN). The One-Page Notebook is simply a regular sheet of paper, folded in half two to three times. It's big enough to write on without needing… (cont'd…)
The Surprisingly Powerful One-Page Notebook That’s Always With Me
It’s simple, slim, and pressure-free
miscellaneplans.medium.com
September 3, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Introducing what I have affectionately dubbed my One-Page Notebook (1PN). The One-Page Notebook is simply a regular sheet of paper, folded in half two to three times. It's big enough to write on without needing… (cont'd…)
A simple time scheduling idea from Merlin Mann, a fight with Apple Calendar (guys! stop micromanaging!), and the double dashes I use today.
Blog ellanew.com/2025/08/25/p...
Medium medium.com/@miscellanep...
#productivity #macOS #ptpl
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#productivity #macOS #ptpl
PTPL 170 · The Calendar Trick That Changed How I Mark Maybes - Ellane W
Learn Merlin Mann’s clever tip for uncertain calendar events, and my workaround for Apple Calendar’s punctuation limits
ellanew.com
August 25, 2025 at 6:35 AM
A simple time scheduling idea from Merlin Mann, a fight with Apple Calendar (guys! stop micromanaging!), and the double dashes I use today.
Blog ellanew.com/2025/08/25/p...
Medium medium.com/@miscellanep...
#productivity #macOS #ptpl
Blog ellanew.com/2025/08/25/p...
Medium medium.com/@miscellanep...
#productivity #macOS #ptpl
I have discovered that I can speak (often incorrect) French, quite well! Proud of myself for having the courage to talk with native speakers.
Big respect for migrants who get out there and practice the language of their new home.
#languageLearning #language #courage #migrants #francais #french
Big respect for migrants who get out there and practice the language of their new home.
#languageLearning #language #courage #migrants #francais #french
August 19, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Get productive with plain text with a simple 2-tool system, Beorg file editing on Mac, VS Code tag fixes, and EasyOrg agenda access for beginners.
#productivity #org #ptpl
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#productivity #org #ptpl
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PTPL 169 · Mac Tips for Beorg Files Plus a Straightforward Productivity Approach - Ellane W
Get productive with plain text with a simple 2-tool system, Beorg file editing on Mac, VS Code tag fixes, and EasyOrg agenda access for beginners.
ellanew.com
August 18, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Get productive with plain text with a simple 2-tool system, Beorg file editing on Mac, VS Code tag fixes, and EasyOrg agenda access for beginners.
#productivity #org #ptpl
Blog ellanew.com/2025/08/18/p...
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#productivity #org #ptpl
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August 6, 2025 at 10:46 PM
My precious baby grandson lived for 11 short days. We are devastated, but so very thankful we got to stroke his tiny head and say au revoir — till we meet again!
I made some digital posters with words that have brought peace and comfort as I grieve.
(thread…)
I made some digital posters with words that have brought peace and comfort as I grieve.
(thread…)
Visit Ellane W's Shop!
I've opened a shop. Come take a look!
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August 5, 2025 at 2:42 AM
My precious baby grandson lived for 11 short days. We are devastated, but so very thankful we got to stroke his tiny head and say au revoir — till we meet again!
I made some digital posters with words that have brought peace and comfort as I grieve.
(thread…)
I made some digital posters with words that have brought peace and comfort as I grieve.
(thread…)
Reposted by Ellane ·𐑧𐑤𐑱𐑯
I find the Shavian alphabet beautiful and full of possibility. I hope art like this helps make others curious too. Please share it if you like it! 𐑛𐑵 𐑿 𐑓𐑰𐑤 𐑤𐑲𐑒 𐑞 𐑢𐑫𐑥𐑩𐑯? 𐑲 𐑛𐑵. — Visit shavian.info for an explanation. #comic #comics #comicstrip #comicstrips #illustration #wordpuzzles #Shaw #script
August 2, 2025 at 4:32 PM
I find the Shavian alphabet beautiful and full of possibility. I hope art like this helps make others curious too. Please share it if you like it! 𐑛𐑵 𐑿 𐑓𐑰𐑤 𐑤𐑲𐑒 𐑞 𐑢𐑫𐑥𐑩𐑯? 𐑲 𐑛𐑵. — Visit shavian.info for an explanation. #comic #comics #comicstrip #comicstrips #illustration #wordpuzzles #Shaw #script