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Thanks! :)
Some of my favorite shots from the past week, wandering the Valencian coast.
Life is an act of conscious presence in the face of the absurd, and the only dignified response is to create, to commit to what you love, and not to run too fast so you do not miss the landscape.
This video reflects my point:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sG...
If youβre lucky enough to have a comfortable life, donβt fall into the hustle culture trap.
Use your leisure time to create, read, and make your life better.
But donβt feel bad for just wandering around all day, lying in the sun, or spending time with friends.
Today I found a cracked version of @picmalapp, so officially I can say my app is somehow relevant π
If this sounds like something you'd use, I made a landing page to share progress.
cozyjournal.app/
So I'm building it. A simple journaling app where your files stay on your computer. AI features available if you want them, out of the way if you don't.
Most journaling apps either push subscriptions, store everything in the cloud, or try to become your entire productivity system.
I just want something simple that I can use for years.
Since then I've been journaling in plain text files. It works, but it's not ideal.
What I actually want:
β’ Local files I own
β’ One-time payment
β’ Simple interface for writing
β’ Optional AI tools when useful
I used Day One for a while and liked it. But when I discovered Obsidian, I realized how much better it felt to have my files on my own computer.
Not depending on someone else's servers or business decisions just made more sense.
I've been looking for a journaling app that stores files locally, has a one-time payment, and doesn't try to be a productivity system.
Couldn't find one, so I'm building it.
I've been watching these introductory classes by Shelly Kagan about death, and they are really nice.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gh-...
I don't understand the hype about voice transcription apps. They say it's faster, but I write faster than talking, or at least I have more clarity while writing.
The best metric is when people like what you are building.
It connects to something I've been thinking about and wrote the other day in my blog:
"Leaving big questions behind and focusing on living feels like the right response to chaotic times. Focus on what you can control. Take the leap of faith. Let life move again."
The main character, Levin, spends most of the novel asking himself: what's the point of living?
He finds his answer not through philosophy or wealth, but through simple living. Physical work. Action.
I see myself in him.
This book taught me more about life than any self-help book I've read in my whole life.
ΛΛΛ NEW FEATURE ΛΛΛ
Picmal now optimizes images the moment you copy them. π
As soon as something hits your clipboard, it gets compressed automatically. A small overlay appears so you can instantly grab the lighter version and keep working without breaking your flow.
We are human beings, not human doings.
I think too much about this:
βIf mental activity has a sense of obligation, of being pushed, it can raise the same stress mediators, but if the attitude is one of opening and exploring new possibilities, it activates restorative processes throughout the body.β
In a world full of toxins everywhere, it's really important to learn how to cook properly and how to take care of your health.
Because we often want to be better because we feel attached to something. If we lose that attachment, we risk creating a world without craft, without anything worth conserving.
The process speeds up, but in doing so, you lose the connection with what you're creating. It becomes more disposable, less your own.
I use AI and find it helpful. Yet, sometimes I feel completely detached from the output. And that detachmentβthat's the problem.
When everyone can create from scratch without learning the craft, something breaksβnot just the output, but the relationship between maker and made.
I'm reading Thus Spoke Zarathustra, and this passage stopped me:
"That everyone has the right to learn to read corrupts in the long run not only writing, but even thinking itself."
It made me think about AI.
Life has no inherent meaning; we must define it for ourselves.
This is why I've always disliked the "here's how to succeed in life" advice. What they're actually saying is, "This is what gives my life meaning."
That doesn't have to work for you.
If we spent less time chasing what seems profitable and more time exploring what truly interests us, we would probably see better ideas, more originality, and work that actually means something.
