Org-mode

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Organizing my retirement with org-mode

As I mentioned in a previous post, I am now retired. As I approached my first week of retirement, I had been making a list of things I wanted to do. As my list grew to 25 items, I felt a little uneasy. I needed some more structure…and that is when I turned to org-mode in Emacs.

I created an outline with the first level heading of “Retirement” so I could find it easily within my main org file. I then added two second level headings (Tasks and Weekly Planner). The Tasks heading is the “inbox” for when I think of something new that I want/need to get done. Under the Weekly Planner heading, I added sub-headings for each day of the week. Within each day, I had a standard set of tasks (exercise, dog-walking, practicing musical instruments). I then chose a few items from the Tasks list and copied them to the days in the Weekly Planner. As I complete the tasks (TODO items in Org Mode), I change them to DONE, and moving items up and down in the list depending on my priorities. Finally, I have a “Log” heading where I record significant things for each day (PS – I already that this in my org file).

Here is a screenshot with example tasks:

On Monday, I started using this system. Today (Thursday), I would say it is working well for me. Yay! I have created a sample file if anyone want to try this. Enjoy!

Org Mode for Beginners is back!

Several years ago, I started a site (Org Mode for Beginners) to host videos to help people learn how to use Org Mode within the Emacs text editor. I have not made any new videos for several years, but I am ready to start making Org Mode videos again, and wanted to let my readers know. I also wanted to get some feedback on what topics people would like to see covered in my videos. I would really appreciate it if you could reply and tell me your number one question about using Org Mode, what would help you to be more productive, or make better use of Org Mode. That would help me to best target your needs! Thanks in advance for your reply, and be watching for a new video soon!

Nick Anderson: How I Org in 2024 – “Org-mode is my exocortex, second brain, second mind, mind palace, pensive, and personal knowledge management system. It’s very flexible and the features I use as well as how I organize my files continues to change so I collected things here to document how I do things in 2024, I did this in 2023 as well.” Interesting descriptions of use of org-capture and how he retrieves information from his org files. (via Sacha Chua)

LWN.net: Notes on Emacs Org Mode by Jake Edge – Briefly talks about using Org Mode for lists and todos, and discusses the Babel and org-roam extensions.

Github/James Gill: Writing with Emacs – “Emacs has a long history of being used for writing prose, blog posts, technical books, novels, and more. Here are some first-hand experiences you might find useful, whether you’re new to Emacs or just looking for ideas to customize your current Emacs configuration.” (via Sacha Chua)