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Paper planner vs digital planner — which one is actually better?

After years of trying Notion dashboards, digital planners, productivity apps, time blocking and all-in-one organisation systems, I realised something: I don't actually need one tool to do everything.

I need different tools to do different jobs.

In this episode of Breaking the Timeline, I'm sharing the productivity system I currently use to organise my life, career, business, learning and ideas, combining Obsidian as my digital second brain with a physical paper planner for weekly planning and execution.

⏱️ CHAPTERS

00:00 Paper Planner vs Digital Planner
04:58 Why My Old Productivity System Stopped Working
10:55 Why I Switched to Obsidian
11:20 What Is Obsidian?
12:56 How Obsidian Connects My Ideas
14:52 The Problem With AI + Multiple Productivity Apps
21:58 Using AI as a Thinking Partner
24:14 Why I Still Need a Paper Planner
26:28 Inside My Physical Planner
33:22 Obsidian vs Paper Planner: Their Different Jobs
41:53 When Your Second Brain Becomes a Warehouse
42:36 Building a Personal Ecosystem
43:10 How to Build Your Own System

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