## Metadata - Author: [[Eleanor konik|Eleanor Konik]] - Full Title:: 🌲 How Obsidian Replaced Video Games & Helped Me Publish - Category:: #🗞️Articles - Document Tags:: [[videogames|Videogames]], [[Writing is thinking|Writing Is Thinking]], - URL:: https://www.eleanorkonik.com/obsidian-replaced-games-now-prolific/ - Finished date:: [[2023-10-13]] ## Highlights Not the same than me: what I like is to enter into a meditative-like mindset. > I realize that the part of those games I really enjoy are inventory management and tweaking automations. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01hcm3mv70ea7c4fzj5qwc3v5g)) I can see how this can substitute real productivity. > I’ve somehow stumbled into gamifying the act of organizing *knowledge* for myself, which means that instead of chatting with my husband at the dinner table about my progress in a video game, I’m able to say things like, “I stumbled across some notes about how I wanted to learn more about Roman magistrates, and actually got around to asking some historians about it on Reddit, and did you know that [some Roman priests weren’t allowed to touch iron or leave Rome for more than a day?](https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/qtbizf/what_were_the_distinctions_between_magistrates/hkiuci4/?context=3)” ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01hcm3qtd6w95raw7hcpepfxn0))