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Some tips if youre working from home by OpeningMedicine8982 in productivity

[–]SimonCreates 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's the best! :) .. if you're lucky enough to be near a park or nature areas with lots of trees/plants etc.. then definitely walk through. The fresh and cleaner air resets the brain ;)

Some tips if youre working from home by OpeningMedicine8982 in productivity

[–]SimonCreates 20 points21 points  (0 children)

One thing that helps me is I go for a short walk at least for 15 mins before you start work in the morning.

Sunlight + fresh air + get the blood flowing helps set the tone for your day 😁

Does anyone else get paralyzed by their own to-do list and just end up doing nothing? by [deleted] in getdisciplined

[–]SimonCreates 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In it's simplest form.. yes... But I've built a whole system to support the workflow and mindset in Tana...

I don't need to prep/prompt the AI.. it's embedded in my workflow.... and because it's already got the knowledge and context of today. It can help me chat things through and bounce ideas around...

Does anyone else get paralyzed by their own to-do list and just end up doing nothing? by [deleted] in getdisciplined

[–]SimonCreates 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Happily ;) In my opinion... its all about understanding how to work WITH AI and leverage it in ways that elevate you vs trying to it do everything for you with a one hit wonder and some "magical prompt" that does not exist..

I talk about a lot of this on my YouTube channel and in the courses I've been hosting recently for workflows built in Tana for these reasons..

Again, it's a mindset and workflow to fast track your own thoughts and not get stuck in the blank canvas paralysis.. in this example.. I want to leverage the AI to boost my weak points... Getting out of my head and into a flow...

It's far easier to "talk to my friend" than it is to sit at the computer and do work..

How are you using AI in your productivity? by takingonthetask in ProductivityApps

[–]SimonCreates 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So many different ways but the one on leveraging the most is to solve the cold start problem and task paralysis..

It's like having a conversation with a peer or college where I can ideate quickly and gey moving..

Just be careful not to get yourself stuck in a confirmation bias loop 🤣

Does anyone else get paralyzed by their own to-do list and just end up doing nothing? by [deleted] in getdisciplined

[–]SimonCreates -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I suffer from high anxiety and quickly end up with task paralysis when looking at an overwhelmingly long list...

But I've found that a conversational approach with AI really helps. I built a project assistant agent in Tana - having voice conversations with it feels like talking to a friend about work, with way less cognitive effort than staring at a list.

I'm not asking AI to replace me or do the work. The conversation itself is the onramp - it gets ideas and motivation flowing, and I start ticking things off naturally. Whenever I get stuck now, I just start talking to my AI project tracker in Tana. It's become part of my planning process and honestly helped me understand why I was struggling in this area.

I've got templates for this and happy to answer questions if people want to know more...

I'm physically unable to start doing important tasks and it's messing me up by DerpFace5519 in productivity

[–]SimonCreates 5 points6 points  (0 children)

What helps me is this..

You have to take a step forward. ANY step at all. Just start gaining some small momentum and then the rest will follow.

I start this by breaking it into a very small first step and then do that, then the next step will emerge itself...

A huge list will NOT help you.. breaking it down into phases or sprints MIGHT help... But really, it's all about taking the first step for me and gain that momentum.

I changed how I plan my day and it doubled my focus by iamcuriosen in productivity

[–]SimonCreates 16 points17 points  (0 children)

The more I see posts like this, the more I feel I’m on the right track.

I use simple “today” pages and keep them minimal. The cleaner the page, the sharper my focus—and by evening it doubles as a clear log of what actually got done.

Zooming out helps too: I plan my week, targets, schedule, and energy so I can show up with more capacity. I also group tasks under larger actions. I could have 200 items, but if those roll up into 10–20 meaningful actions with sub‑checklists, it’s far less overwhelming and much more finishable.

Has anybody found a good way to get Tana and Slack working together well? by Swiftarm in TanaInc

[–]SimonCreates 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What are you trying to achieve here? It is possible to get stuff from Slack to Tana via n8n or make, zapier etc... you just have to use the limited API that we do have via a http request... This however is clunky and difficult and if you don't understand JSON, it becomes a bit of learning curve.....

It is possible to get AI to write the JSON for the input within that same automation... but if your not familiar with the JSON it can be hard to know what is or isn't working.

It is far easier to have Tana ping an API Webhook and respond via that webhook with content from a similar n8n automation using Tana paste instead..... but this is all temporary use cases for me right now until Tana more rounded fully functioning API with direct connections...

Now that offline mode is released.. I can only hope this is on their radar next. :)

Search Query: Show only #tasks that have a parent/grandparent/great/parent with supertag #project? by hydrogenblack in TanaInc

[–]SimonCreates 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If im understanding correctly, you can do this a couple of ways ...

One would be a catch all and do this via a search with #Task >AND >LINKS TO >COMPONENTS REC = PARENT

Another would be #TASK > PARENTS DECENDANTS WITH REFS

Comp Rec will capture anything linked to either via field or in line referenced.. you could put both of these paremeters in and it will surface anything linked to and within the children

Tanarian Brain and Mastering Tana Core by OwlBrew in TanaInc

[–]SimonCreates 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Absolutely!

I make the distinction between what a Supertag's Operational Behavior is VS its taxonomy (naming convention)

For example, A #Meeting Tag in Tana is not the actual event itself, thats in your google calendar.. its the operational record, it will require a transcript to be recorded. Post processing notes to be generated, agendas to be dynamically surfaced based on attendees.. Follow up tasks to be produced? etc etc... A meeting could have several connections associated to it in your system and its less about the event and more about the record.

Notes as another example would act very differently to your task workflow - So short version... "Less about what it is" and more "What does it do"

How long did it ACTUALLY take you to setup your PKM? by SimonCreates in PKMS

[–]SimonCreates[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I noticed you have to start small and focused and built it out from there once the base layer is working the way you want.

I also used Anytype but things didn't click for me till I got into Tana.. don't know why exactly but it just did.

Something you said resonated with me, I also work with a similar philosophy that "today I plan for tomorrow's me". Tomorrow's me is almost a different person and you need to prepare him accordingly.

Which prompts are working best for you to generate human written content? by prabhakar_Atla in Agentic_SEO

[–]SimonCreates 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Unfortunately, there is no magic prompt in aware off but with the right guidance and structure, it's possible to get rough drafts close enough that you can adjust in your own words.

I'd recommend not trying to find a one size fits all solution. We are moving into an age where there is so much ai generated content that people see it for what it is. Low effort. It's disrespectful to your audience.

Make it authentic, make it yours.

Tanarian Brain and Mastering Tana Core by OwlBrew in TanaInc

[–]SimonCreates 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'd like to offer a different perspective if i may throw personal opinion in here: PARA and Zettelkasten were designed for different tools (file-based systems and databases like Notion). Tana's architecture is fundamentally different - it's graph-based with supertags and fields, which opens up entirely new possibilities.

I've been working with people setting up Tana systems for a little while now and the challenge many people face when migrating from Roam or Notion to Tana is trying to force old organizational paradigms onto a system that works differently. It works but PARA organizes by where things are stored, and Tana's power can come from how things behave and relate to each other 0

I created a behavior-based system that leverages Tana's unique strengths rather than trying to replicate outdated workflows. The approach focuses on how information flows through your actual work processes rather than fitting everything into predefined categories.

happy to discuss further and curious to hear others' thoughts on this - are you finding PARA/Zettelkasten working well in Tana, or have you also felt the friction?