For years I have been affectionately teased for my love of notebooks and stationary. Which is FINE, families gonna fam, I dish out all that I take, rest assured.

But an hour ago Jupiter was like, “You know, I really want to start cooking, and have a notebook where I put recipes,” and I was on it like white on rice. Here, want to check out my blank notebook collection and pick one? They did. Want to use my corner cutter to round all the corners? They did. Want to use my rainbow of index cards and specialized hole punch to make colored notes for your sections? Want this cute food-themed washi tape? Want me to write up tonight’s soup recipe? YES!

They were just standing at the kitchen table, putting their notebook together using all my stuff, and they’re like, “Mom! This is so cool! You’re so magical!” And I’m standing there with the gazillion-watt glow of my decades-long niche nerdy obsession saving the day, and being loudly recognized and appreciated about it. 😂

#notebooks #analog

Latest comic: The Wellness Charlatan's Guide to Longevity

#healthcare #science #health #medicine #healthinsurance #EconomicInequality #SocialMedia #influencers

It's been a year since we released the Small Business System. That was months of hard work, deep thought, and personal upheaval. Here, Lucy reflects back on that time.

https://johnnydecimal.com/20-29-communication/22-blog/22.00.0190-lucy-sbs-anniversary/

Last week it was my pleasure to have A Productive Conversation with Mike Vardy. We talked about the origin story of Johnny.Decimal, and why there's room for plenty more systems in the productivity world; about the links between my system, task management, and Mike's concept of TimeCrafting; and about content vs. context, and how we're often better off starting with the latter, even though our instincts start us with the former.

Listen using the link below, or in any podcast player.

https://share.transistor.fm/s/99794f34

https://pod.link/913414044/episode/YWY4YzI0OGUtYmUzZi00MGIyLWEwOGYtMjQwNzAwZjg3OWI1

This is going to be hard to hear, but:

Bryan Adams released "Summer of '69" in 1985. A similar nostalgia-based song released now would be harkening back to the distant and bygone year of 2010.