@tim, there is a zero step: notebooks.
This becomes even more important as the systems start working! I get ideas faster than I can even write them down by hand. And then some ideas also keep rising, and no matter how many times I externalize it the idea will come back. I needed a system that could somehow make concrete and capture these ideas that want to be moved on.
For me, it is a streamlined bullet journal system, plus recurring process taskwarrior tasks to move those points into digital systems. That context switch helps, as I don’t have to linger on the ideas I’m moving over, I’m just doing a routine to make it easier to work on later. This in turn frees up my mind to enjoy more, and find what is essential.
I have a banker box full of mostly empty notebooks of all shapes, sizes, colors, and quality. I’m not buying any more journals until I use or give away all of them.
I know what you’re thinking: maiki, you should write about every one of those journals! I know, right?! 