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Today I will share a nice workflow I have

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developed for stream of consciousness

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journaling. The goal of stream of

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consciousness journaling is to get your

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thoughts on the screen as effectively and

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efficiently as possible.

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These 2 features when combined reinforce each

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other and let you hear yourself think in a

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very efficient manner,

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increasing the number,

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quality, and types of thoughts you can get

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out of it. The tools I will be using for this

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are Emacs, KL line from the Hyperbolt

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package, centered cursor mode,

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Olivetti mode, and optionally,

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voice to text. Additionally,

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you can see my commands and key bindings on

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the right. I will start off by showing a

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typing demo

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about how my day went.

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There are certain functionalities for stream

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of consciousness journaling that are desired

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or detrimental to the process.

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Stream of thought functionalities,

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things I want. The ability to optionally use

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speech to text. I do this by using

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Nerdictation, a Python program.

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I am still experimenting with this as it

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changes the quality and types of thoughts you

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can get out of stream of consciousness

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journaling. I am still looking for better

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ways of doing this. The ability to easily

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organize and split off my thoughts by

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creating and manipulating outlines.

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Creating them in real time is needed for live

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journaling and allows for later editing

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really easily. I showed off some of these

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commands before. To just write words without

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worrying about format.

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To not worry about scrolling,

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I use centered cursor mode.

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To not worry about lines,

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I use the KOutline auto-filling

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functionality. To not worry about pressing

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Enter, and to have a nice looking journal

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with hard returns afterwards.

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Manually filling is needed with spacing when

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it is wrong. I do that with metaJ.

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Counterproductive functionality.

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Spell checking. While this is useful for

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editing, it is not useful for stream of

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consciousness journaling.

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Having this on or off conditionally while you

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are live journaling is a killer feature of

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Emacs. Reading slash editing the journal.

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Part of the value proposition of this is to

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listen to what you are thinking,

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so this is needed functionality.

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You cannot listen very well when you are

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speaking, and the converse is true as well.

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You cannot speak very well when you are

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listening, decreasing what you can get out of

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it. Features when editing or listening to

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your journal. Spell checking.

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I use the Spackage Spellfoo,

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but there are others. I use multiple panes to

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read and edit. I use a combination of follow

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mode and some of my custom functions.

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These are what I use right here.

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The ability to change the view specs of the

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document. Stuff like, toggling blank lines.

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Show the first heading of everything.

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You can also export the KOutline pages to

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HTML for other people to read or another way

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to look at it. Easy manipulation of cells.

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You use the Alt and arrow keys just like in

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Orm mode to delete cells easily.

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The ability to manually reformat KL9 cells in

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addition to auto formatting of the cells for

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when spacing looks off.

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MetaJ is nice, and auto-filling is also nice

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for having multiple pages.

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Why do I use these tools versus other common

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tools? K-Outline vs. Playtext Writing in

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outlines helps me easily structure my

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thoughts in a way that is easy to write,

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read, and edit. Org Mode vs.

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K-Outline Org Mode gives me lots of ways to

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structure my journal slash document.

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While this is great for a lot of things,

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for stream of consciousness journaling,

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this causes decision fatigue and loss of

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concentration. Types of questions I get when

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structuring an org-mode document?

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Do I keep everything in a heading or below

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the heading in paragraphs?

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How do I handle new lines?

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Do I just use visual line mode with no hard

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returns? Or if I make hard returns,

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on what line number do I do them?

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More visual line nodes in org-mode documents

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like a potential org ID in your property

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stores. While a lot of the above is really

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nice if you are making something like a

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website to present to other people,

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these features are counterproductive to

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stream-of-thought journaling.

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Org mode is also top-notch for other things

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such as GTD. I don't think org mode has

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bindings to create child,

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same-level, and parent cells.

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Centered cursor mode versus scroll lock mode

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built-in. Scroll lock mode changes its place

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when you move the cursor from the bottom or

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the top of the page. Centered cursor mode

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will reliably fix itself to the center when

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the cursor position is not there.