#personalcurriculum — Public Fediverse posts

Learning Obsidian

How much of learning Obsidian is just printing out cheat sheets? Unlike Notion that has easy forward slash commands, Obsidian is a bit more involved with brackets and a lot more right clicking than I expected. I'm enjoying it, but man is there a bit of a learning curve. It does make sense from an author's point of view though; Notion is unreliable and people have found their databases deleted for no reason. I am doing my best to move as much of the important stuff for writing to Obsidian […]

https://ceriashwardauthor.wordpress.com/2026/07/15/learning-obsidian/

I’ve been busy…

That doesn't mean much, but I've been doing a lot of things for IRL and my Health, as well as some heavy reading for my local library's Summer Reading Program. I initially started my world building and note taking in Notion, but the lack of customization has really limited me creatively. So, I'm making the move to Obsidian. Give me some time to get used to it, but I am liking what I've seen so far. Things are lookin up, and I hope to share a lot of what I've been working on for Cityscape […]

https://ceriashwardauthor.wordpress.com/2026/07/14/ive-been-busy/

Mapping My Writing Life: A Look Inside the Creative Atlas System

Today I want to share a look at the writing systems I’ve been building, and how they all work together under what I call my Creative Atlas System. On the surface, it might look like I’m juggling a lot of projects at once. In practice, it’s a structured way of rotating between different types of creative work depending on focus, energy, and curiosity for the day. Instead of staying locked into a single project, I move through different modes of writing—some days for deep novel work, […]

https://ceriashwardauthor.wordpress.com/2026/05/19/mapping-my-writing-life-a-look-inside-the-creative-atlas-system/

Learning Is More Than Just Collecting Facts

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