Posts on nori parelius

I used to be a typical bookworm kid, with my nose stuck in a book whenever I could.

Susanna Clarke's (debut!)

I wanted to write and read and make music and dance and exercise and go on walks and and and… Yet, every evening, I was finding myself in the familiar situation of not having done any of what I wanted to do… A few months ago, I found myself writing in my…

It's eloquent, but it routinely confidently makes things up to fill in the gaps, has no sense of right and wrong and tends to get fixated on things.

After tossing away my Zettelkasten, I was still left with the task of thinking (and hanging onto my thoughts) in this noisy world.

When I first heard about the Zettelkasten (ZK) method, it seemed like the Holy Grail of note-taking.

I have a bit of a love-hate relationship with my phone and I know I am not the only one.

It's easy to think that discipline, consistency and pushing yourself are the only way to fulfil your dreams.

"I Dig a Pygmy" by Charles Hawtrey and the Deaf Aids.

One of the staples of bullet journalling are habit trackers.

I haven't been feeling like myself for the last 5 months.

As a civilisation, we seem to be painfully aware of all the shortcomings in our contact with nature.

We live in the age of social media.

Update: Here you can read how I abandoned Zettelkasten about a year after I wrote this post It is almost a tradition for people who get hooked on Zettelkasten to write a blog post about it.

I believe this is my fifth(?!)

Humans are probably the only creatures in the world that are confused about what they should be eating.

I have been struggling with sugar addiction for years.

There are probably several magical ingredients in the soup of humanity that make us who we are; like big brains, opposable thumbs and a tendency to cooperate.

Hello, my name is Nori, and I am an addict.

I have recently finished reading Malcolm Kendrick's books The Great Cholesterol Con and The Clot Thickens and it was a treat.

I really really tried to start an online business, but it was just an endless struggle.

I don’t eat a “varied and balanced diet” anymore.

Disconnected and dysfunctional I used to be a nerdy little bookworm as a kid and as a teenager.

Can I drop my body off at the gym and pick it up when it's done?