OtiumFM
OtiumFM is an upcoming show deep-diving into the world of Tools for Thought, or TFTs! Featuring insights on note-taking, making connections between thoughts, and serendipity, host Norman Chella brings you conversations with individuals in this space so you can better your note-taking experience. Expect guests from various TFT apps, independent researchers, and varying professions who bring with them note-taking insights, from analog to digital and even hypergraphic!
Coming out soon.
In the first two seasons, this show was called RoamFM, the podcast all about Roam Research, for members of the Roaman community. In these two seasons, join us as we dive into the minds of amazing Roam users, taking a peek into how they use Roam to create wonderful connections.
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Tracy Winchell: Roaman Journal, Three Selves, Next Note to Myself
In this episode, we talk with Tracy Winchell, the Founder of Roaman Journals. A teacher of daily journaling practices to others, Tracy is a self introspective person when it comes to facing ourselves in writing. And when introduced to Roam, she has started implementing the tool into journaling.
In this episode, we talked about:
- Life before Roam Research: her time as a journalist, within broadcasting and more
- Her workflow for journaling and introspection in Roam
- Our relationship with the creator/higher power
- The intricacies of daily journaling and how Tracy approaches it
- The three selves, and how we should confront them
There is a part one and part two to this episode, so you might hear a disconnect in the middle of the episode due to technical difficulties. Enjoy!
Timestamps
- 1:36 Artillery and firing guns
- 5:04 Accidentally ending up in front of a microphone: Tracy's origin story
- 8:28 Starting the Reboots Podcast and the moment of clarity
- 10:23 Discovering Roam Research
- 14:58 Combining journaling techniques with Roam
- 19:09 Interviewing Dr. Benjamin Hardy of Personality isn't Permanent
- 21:26 Outsourcing the recall
- 24:04 Tracy's workflow for starting the day: Note to Next Day Self
- 30:03 Checklists and how they stop you from execution
- 33:00 2nd Half, and RoamBrain
- 36:04 The three selves, according to Dr. Benjamin Hardy
- 40:43 Projecting things into the future, and intersecting future emotions and time
- 43:25 Just in time wisdom
- 44:14 Tracy's Reflecting pool, and the Serenity Prayer
- 50:47 Faith and a higher power
- 54:00 Introducing Roam to a journaling audience
- 58:05 Tracy does not want to look at her analog journals
- 1:02:39 The friction finding something of value in previous journals
- 1:05:05 What does victory mean to you?
- 1:10:07 The next trinity of fields Tracy will dive into
- 1:11:57 [[How would you describe Roam to someone who hasn't started using it?]] and [[What does Roam mean to you?]]
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