Ellane ·𐑧𐑤𐑱𐑯
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Ellane ·𐑧𐑤𐑱𐑯
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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
Yes, I also use a regular digital calendar for sharing events with others. I gave up Google for the most part some years ago, preferring to stick with Apple Calendar these days.
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Ellane (@ellane@pkm.social)
At the end of 2025-09 I started a 2-week experiment: a fully text based #calendar. It was to be a temporary exercise in intentionality, but two months later I'm still here! Feeling centred, calm, and ...
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November 19, 2025 at 3:52 PM
…The big takeaway from this is that no app or system can take away the emotional resistance you're feeling toward a task. Acknowledging that resistance and letting it speak has to come first.

#PTPL #productivity #procrastination
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 12:45 AM
Read on Medium, or on my blog. In the works: a detailed resource on exactly how to set up a plain text time and task management system that can work in any text editor.

Medium miscellaneplans.medium.com/my-new-task-...
Blog ellanew.com/2025/11/03/p...
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 8:23 AM
𐑲𐑥 𐑕𐑪𐑮𐑦 𐑿 𐑥𐑦𐑕𐑑 𐑘𐑹 𐑑𐑮𐑱𐑯. 𐑕𐑳𐑒𐑕 𐑚𐑦𐑜 𐑑𐑲𐑥 𐑢𐑧𐑯 𐑔𐑦𐑙𐑟 𐑮𐑲𐑒 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑣𐑨𐑐𐑩𐑯𐑯.
𐑲 𐑢𐑳𐑯𐑛𐑼 𐑢𐑪𐑑 𐑢𐑟 𐑜𐑴𐑦𐑙 𐑢𐑞 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑛𐑮𐑲𐑝𐑼 𐑓 𐑞𐑧𐑥 𐑑 𐑛𐑵 𐑞𐑨𐑑? 𐑣𐑿𐑥𐑩𐑯𐑟 𐑸 𐑕𐑳𐑗 𐑒𐑪𐑥𐑐𐑤𐑦𐑒𐑱𐑑𐑩𐑛, 𐑥𐑳𐑤𐑑𐑦-𐑤𐑱𐑼𐑛 𐑒𐑮𐑰𐑗𐑼𐑟.

𐑣𐑴𐑐 𐑿 𐑢𐑻𐑯𐑑 𐑤𐑱𐑑 𐑓 𐑕𐑳𐑥𐑔𐑦𐑙 𐑦𐑥𐑐𐑹𐑑𐑩𐑯𐑑.
October 30, 2025 at 5:37 PM
𐑛𐑦𐑕𐑩𐑚𐑦𐑤𐑦𐑑𐑦 𐑕𐑩𐑐𐑹𐑛 𐑢𐑻𐑒𐑼? 𐑒𐑨𐑐𐑦𐑑𐑩𐑤𐑩𐑕𐑑 𐑓𐑬𐑯𐑛𐑱𐑖𐑩𐑯𐑕 𐑹 𐑯𐑪𐑑, 𐑞𐑴𐑟 𐑕𐑻𐑚𐑩𐑕𐑩𐑟 𐑸 𐑝𐑲𐑑𐑩𐑤. 𐑲𐑥 𐑒𐑳𐑮𐑩𐑯𐑑𐑤𐑦 𐑤𐑻𐑯𐑦𐑙 𐑞 𐑕𐑲𐑯 𐑤𐑱𐑙𐑜𐑢𐑦𐑗 𐑨𐑤𐑓𐑩𐑚𐑧𐑑 𐑚𐑦𐑒𐑩𐑟 𐑲 𐑓𐑰𐑤 𐑕𐑑𐑮𐑪𐑙𐑤𐑦 𐑨𐑚𐑬𐑑 𐑚𐑰𐑦𐑙 𐑦𐑯𐑒𐑮𐑵𐑕𐑩𐑝 𐑝 𐑐𐑰𐑐𐑩𐑤 𐑣𐑵 𐑕𐑴 𐑪𐑓𐑩𐑯 𐑓𐑰𐑤 𐑦𐑒𐑕𐑒𐑮𐑰𐑑𐑩𐑛 𐑝𐑲 𐑕𐑩𐑕𐑲𐑩𐑑𐑦 𐑨𐑟 𐑩 𐑣𐑴𐑤.

𐑯 𐑦𐑑𐑕 𐑴𐑒𐑱 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑘𐑵 𐑛𐑴𐑯𐑑 𐑯𐑴 𐑘𐑹 𐑒𐑨𐑮𐑽 𐑐𐑭𐑔 𐑘𐑧𐑑. 𐑢𐑳𐑯 𐑷𐑔𐑧𐑯𐑑𐑦𐑒 𐑕𐑑𐑧𐑐 𐑨𐑑 𐑩 𐑑𐑲𐑥, 𐑘𐑵𐑤 𐑜𐑧𐑑 𐑞𐑺
October 18, 2025 at 9:07 AM
There is something powerful about knowing that when I see a particular piece of information, be it a repeating task or calendar event, *I* put it there. Not some repeat-every-second-week button in an app. *Me*. I trust my manual system more than I trusted apps to get it right.
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
𐑲 𐑤𐑳𐑝 𐑞𐑦𐑕. 𐑚𐑿𐑑𐑦𐑓𐑩𐑤𐑦 𐑦𐑒𐑕𐑐𐑮𐑧𐑕𐑑 .
October 5, 2025 at 2:27 PM
(…thread) Also, I'm folding my One Page Notebook slightly differently now

Medium medium.com/@miscellanep...
Blog ellanew.com/2025/09/29/p...
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 1:16 AM
That’s early for calendars to come out, maybe to help with back to school plans? I think I’ll always like seeing the year ahead. Each to their own.
September 23, 2025 at 3:33 AM
(…thread) And no, it's not too early to look at 2026 calendars! Always be a quarter ahead, I say.

#productivity #calendar #Mac #MacOS

Medium medium.com/@miscellanep...
Blog ellanew.com/2025/09/22/p...
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 3:56 AM
“Good tools support and augment existing skills, they don't create them. The way you use your tools is much more important than the tools themselves.”

Medium medium.com/@miscellanep...
Blog ellanew.com/2025/09/15/p...
Tool Stack Inspiration — the People and Apps That Shaped My Path
Methodology trumps technology, every time
medium.com
September 15, 2025 at 6:08 AM
To clarify, I’m talking about the comment section here, not the original post. Allowing comments that insult someone’s skin colour to go unanswered suggests it’s acceptable to criticise skin colour and diagnosed conditions of people we (or they) disagree with.
September 5, 2025 at 10:30 PM
You don’t have to agree with RFK’s beliefs to know that he’s referring to how many died from COVID in relation to how many he claims may have died from the vaccines. Insulting someone based on what they look and sound like isn’t a great way to go about helping anyone see the truth.
September 5, 2025 at 9:54 PM