Timeliness is critical, especially when it affects others. To me, being on time is a sign of respect and professionalism. I try to live by the mantra: “Early is on time, on time is late, and late is unacceptable.” Here’s why.

First, arriving early gives you a buffer for the inevitable things that might go wrong. Maybe you have trouble finding parking, maybe you get the location wrong—whatever the issue, being early builds in time to handle these situations without making you late.

I’m always fiddling with the tools I use, so it’s possible this eventually becomes out of date. But for now, here’s what I use:

The OS

My first computer was a Mac. Then I got a Windows computer. At some point, I installed Linux (Mint) on that machine and used that full-time. Now I use MacOS full time. While it’s far from perfect, seamless integration with my iPhone, Airdrop, native Arc (see The Browser), gives it an edge over the alternatives, especially when coupled with the AeroSpace.

When I discovered Obsidian a year ago, I was immediately smitten. I loved how fun it made note-taking and how intuitive it all felt. It felt like this software, more than anything I’d used before, was going to change the way I worked and lived.

I spent hours migrating parts of my existing workflow to Obsidian: Tasks would replace Todoist, the the Obsidian app with the Excalidraw plugin would replace Notability on my iPad, and an iframe Google Calendar embed meant I would never need to leave the app.