Wonderfully written piece. I love how it builds up that idea of finally making progress, “seeing the matrix”, and then:
> It’s Mitch, your PM. He’s asking the url for a doc he wrote
Boy that’s too real. Really reminds me of the comic from a decade ago about programmer focus [1].
But welcome to the world of Note taking, I agree it’s like a superpower once you develop the habit. Obsidian is fantastic, but even daily markdown notes are great. The whole “second brain” idea hasn’t panned out for me, but a hotkey to jump to today’s note, and another insert the current time has been a mainstay of my workflow for years now.