{"id":45392,"date":"2026-01-07T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/?p=45392"},"modified":"2026-01-29T16:57:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T23:57:16","slug":"whats-in-my-now-magnus-ojala","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/whats-in-my-now-magnus-ojala\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s in my NOW? \u2014 Magnus Ojala"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A construction professional based in Sweden, currently working with residential projects. Interested in flow, systems thinking, and practical ways to manage complexity at work and in life. Uses simple tools to stay focused, learn continuously, and protect long-term capacity. \u2014 Magnus Ojala<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/files\/2026\/01\/magus.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/files\/2026\/01\/magus-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-45393\" width=\"658\" height=\"369\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/files\/2026\/01\/magus-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/files\/2026\/01\/magus-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/files\/2026\/01\/magus-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/files\/2026\/01\/magus.jpg 1100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 658px) 100vw, 658px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4><strong>PHYSICAL<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/geni.us\/KA2j\">Beal clean grip liquid chalk:<\/a><\/strong>Recommended to me by a more experienced lifter when I started weight training in 2010. Every time I\u2019ve forgotten it since, lifting has felt like trying to hold onto the bar with soapy hands. One bottle lasts for years.<\/li><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/geni.us\/9jVMQ\">Any A4 spiral notebook:<\/a><\/strong><br>I\u2019ve used an A4 spiral notebook to plan my weeks since 2014. One notebook per year, one page per week. Each page follows the same structure: a numbered list of ten projects or focus areas for the week. Not tasks, but the things that will compete for my attention. Seeing all ten on a single page gives me a realistic sense of capacity. If something is tied to a specific day, I simply write the weekday\u2014like \u201cTue\u201d\u2014on that line. I sometimes add small circles next to an item to indicate how many pomodoros I want to spend on it. It\u2019s a simple, manual system. It doesn\u2019t help me do more\u2014it helps me decide what actually matters this week.<\/li><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/geni.us\/3S65xn\">Oral-B iO electric toothbrush:<\/a><\/strong><br>The difference in feel between a manual toothbrush and an electric one is real. The difference between a standard electric toothbrush and the Oral-B iO feels just as big. You notice it immediately when you run your tongue over your teeth. Once you\u2019ve gotten used to that level of clean, going back\u2014when traveling without it\u2014always feels noticeably worse.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h4><strong>DIGITAL<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/readwise.io\/\">Readwise<\/a>&nbsp;(and Reader):<\/strong><br>I\u2019ve used Readwise since 2020. I\u2019m currently on a +1,700-day review streak, with over 30,500 highlights\u2014mostly from Kindle Paperwhite\/Kindle app and Reader. What keeps me coming back isn\u2019t the streak, but the habit it supports. Highlights resurface when I\u2019ve forgotten them, often at exactly the right time. Readwise Reader has also become my default place for PDFs and (long-form) articles. It\u2019s the best app I\u2019ve found for turning things I read into things I actually remember.<\/li><li><strong>A personalized&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.todoist.com\/\">Todoist<\/a>&nbsp;setup based on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/cg-29pZUFcs\">Tiago Forte\u2019s video series<\/a>:<\/strong><br>I\u2019ve adapted my Todoist system around Tiago Forte\u2019s approach to managing projects and commitments (from his excellent video series). Instead of treating Todoist as a task dump, my setup helps me distinguish between what I\u2019m committed to and everything else. I find this framework far more useful than a generic inbox-to-zero workflow\u2014the structure gives direction, not just an empty inbox. The method has become the backbone of how I actually work with Todoist.https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/cg-29pZUFcs?rel=0&amp;autoplay=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;enablejsapi=0<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h4><strong>INVISIBLE<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>Herbie, the bottleneck<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>From&nbsp;<em>The Goal<\/em>&nbsp;by Eliyahu Goldratt. In the story of Herbie, the slowest boy in a hiking group determines the pace of the entire line. Even if everyone else walks faster, overall throughput cannot exceed the speed of the bottleneck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The insight is simple: system performance is governed by its constraints, not by the individual speed of its fastest parts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>issue #236<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13684,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[2303],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45392"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13684"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45392"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45392\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45534,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45392\/revisions\/45534"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}