Before you grimace uncomfortably, hear me out.
I recently dived into a DEEP rabbit hole: the world of indie hacker personal wikis.
"Idea sex" and "digital gardens" was what I uncovered. 👇
🌊 Flow is the feed It’s the stream of daily and sub-daily updates that reminds people you exist.
💪 Stock is the durable stuff. The content you produce that’s as interesting in 2 months (or 2 years) as it is today.
Like empty calories from highly processed food, the content tastes good in the moment, but leaves us unsatisfied. via @vgr 👇
However, being part of the human stream of ephemeral content is important towards securing our “job” in the human social computer. Being “plugged in” is a functional necessity, as is engaging with quality high-brow ideas
You do this through:
🎨 Creating *more* than you’re consuming
💡Organizing & extracting the streams of information that come in (like our stomach organs do)
In French, “cultiver son jardin intérieur” means to tend to your internal garden — to take care of your mind.
It sits between raw notes and a concrete blog.
It spans decades vs. days, serving as an ever-evolving personal wiki to consistently wrestle with and update your mental models.
🌱 Seeds. Seed your garden with quality content and cultivate your curiosity.
🌳 Trees. Grow your knowledge by forming new branches and connecting the dots.
🍇 Fruits. Produce new work like essays, videos, and books.
@mappletons garden 👇
Here are some great examples: