diff --git a/src/content/journal/2007/gtd.mdx b/src/content/journal/2007/gtd.mdx
index 37caad8..f69337f 100644
--- a/src/content/journal/2007/gtd.mdx
+++ b/src/content/journal/2007/gtd.mdx
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ slug: gtd
author: Stefan Imhoff
date: 2007-11-24
description: "I’ve been working with GTD (Getting Things Done) for 1.5 years: An Introduction to Organization and Self-Management with GTD."
-tags: ["productivity", "self-improvement", "book"]
+tags: ["productivity", "self-improvement", "book", "minimalism"]
---
## One and a Half Years With GTD
diff --git a/src/content/journal/2007/japanese-colors.mdx b/src/content/journal/2007/japanese-colors.mdx
index 570e878..44dc53f 100644
--- a/src/content/journal/2007/japanese-colors.mdx
+++ b/src/content/journal/2007/japanese-colors.mdx
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ author: Stefan Imhoff
date: 2007-12-08
description: Traditional, Japanese colors as a color palette for Photoshop and Illustrator to download (FREE).
cover: /assets/images/cover/japanese-colors.webp
-tags: ["design", "download", "book", "recommendation"]
+tags: ["design", "download", "book", "japan", "recommendation"]
---
During a visit to the art exhibition _Japan and the West_ in the [Art Museum Wolfsburg](https://www.kunstmuseum-wolfsburg.de/), I was able to get my hands on a wonderful book about the traditional, Japanese colors.
diff --git a/src/content/journal/2007/koi-design.mdx b/src/content/journal/2007/koi-design.mdx
index 8d33704..b911c01 100644
--- a/src/content/journal/2007/koi-design.mdx
+++ b/src/content/journal/2007/koi-design.mdx
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ author: Stefan Imhoff
date: 2007-06-02
description: Irezumi (Japanese tattooing) is an inspiration for my website and the origin of my design.
cover: /assets/images/cover/design-koi.webp
-tags: ["design", "book"]
+tags: ["design", "book", "japan"]
---
## Inspiration and Idea For My Header
diff --git a/src/content/journal/2014/logo-design.mdx b/src/content/journal/2014/logo-design.mdx
index adef5c8..2abdd11 100644
--- a/src/content/journal/2014/logo-design.mdx
+++ b/src/content/journal/2014/logo-design.mdx
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ author: Stefan Imhoff
date: 2014-04-18
description: "Insight into the design of my new logo and Rakkan: idea, research, and a short digression on the Chinese script."
cover: /assets/images/cover/rakkan.webp
-tags: ["design"]
+tags: ["design", "japan"]
---
Since a logo is one of the essential elements that recognize a website, I wanted from the beginning to design a logo that fits the theme of the rest of the design of the site.
diff --git a/src/content/journal/2016/japanese-netflix-tv-show-underwear.mdx b/src/content/journal/2016/japanese-netflix-tv-show-underwear.mdx
index c795901..5322fcd 100644
--- a/src/content/journal/2016/japanese-netflix-tv-show-underwear.mdx
+++ b/src/content/journal/2016/japanese-netflix-tv-show-underwear.mdx
@@ -5,16 +5,17 @@ author: Stefan Imhoff
date: 2016-02-12
description: "Netflix released a new Japanese TV Show: Underwear (Atelier). I recommend this brilliant work about a young girl starting in an exclusive custom tailoring lingerie store in Tokyo."
cover: /assets/images/cover/netflix-underwear.webp
-tags: ["film", "recommendation"]
+tags: ["film", "japan", "recommendation"]
---
## A Fantastic, New Japanese Netflix TV Show
From time to time, a TV Show gets released, which surprises me. This happened last time in 2007 with _Pushing Daisies_, where I loved everything: the story, the actors, the sets, and every dialog. And now it happened again. I have a new favorite TV Show: [Underwear](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4790548/) (_Underwear_).
-Underwear (アンダーウェア) or Atelier, is a mini-television series
-produced by Netflix and Fuji TV. You can add it to your watch list on Netflix [here](https://www.netflix.com/title/80067618)
-or [watch a Trailer on YouTube](https://youtu.be/CSnj2J6aVmI).
+Underwear (アンダーウェア) or Atelier, is a mini-television
+series produced by Netflix and Fuji TV. You can add it to your watch list on Netflix
+[here](https://www.netflix.com/title/80067618) or [watch a Trailer on
+YouTube](https://youtu.be/CSnj2J6aVmI).
It’s a story about a young girl called Mayuko (Mirei Kiritani), coming from a small town. She recently finished her studies in fabric design at the university and starts her first job at an exclusive custom tailoring lingerie store called Emotion in Ginza, Tokyo. It’s a small shop with a few designers, a few salesmen, and the owner of the workshop, who is a woman in her 50s (Mao Daichi), an honorary named _Shachou_ (President) by her employees.
diff --git a/src/content/journal/2017/attention.mdx b/src/content/journal/2017/attention.mdx
index 5b255b4..1977567 100644
--- a/src/content/journal/2017/attention.mdx
+++ b/src/content/journal/2017/attention.mdx
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ date: 2017-11-03
description: A guide on how to get your attention back in the age of constant distraction.
featured: true
cover: /assets/images/cover/attention.webp
-tags: ["self-improvement"]
+tags: ["self-improvement", "minimalism"]
---
## How to Win Back Our Time and Minds
diff --git a/src/content/journal/2017/minimalism.mdx b/src/content/journal/2017/minimalism.mdx
index 2dc9800..dcacfb9 100644
--- a/src/content/journal/2017/minimalism.mdx
+++ b/src/content/journal/2017/minimalism.mdx
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ date: 2017-06-07
featured: true
description: Minimalism is currently popular, but Minimalism is hard to understand, and many misconceptions can be found. This essay carries my thoughts on Minimalism and my history with it.
cover: /assets/images/cover/minimalism.webp
-tags: ["self-improvement", "book"]
+tags: ["self-improvement", "book", "minimalism"]
---
## The Pursuit of Minimalism
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ Different ideas like _shintō_, _zen_ Buddhism, and Daoism influenced this form
## Why Become a Minimalist?
-Minimalism in its core idea should **free a person** many ** limiting things**: Fewer things, to think of, less to hang your heart on, less to clean, less to deal with every day, less lingering of the past (Nostalgia), less fear of losing things, less debt, less guild for buying useless things. Instead, one **gains** more time, more space for people, more money, more inner peace, and more space for thinking. Time for your health, relationships, passions, growth, and contributions.
+Minimalism in its core idea should **free a person** many **limiting things**: Fewer things, to think of, less to hang your heart on, less to clean, less to deal with every day, less lingering of the past (Nostalgia), less fear of losing things, less debt, less guild for buying useless things. Instead, one **gains** more time, more space for people, more money, more inner peace, and more space for thinking. Time for your health, relationships, passions, growth, and contributions.
That’s why I think extreme forms of Minimalism can result in less freedom. If a Minimalist owns five shirts and needs to clean them every weekend or will run out of clean shirts, Minimalism hinders freedom.
diff --git a/src/content/journal/2020/apps-tools-services.mdx b/src/content/journal/2020/apps-tools-services.mdx
index f44c4bb..9d9e2ec 100644
--- a/src/content/journal/2020/apps-tools-services.mdx
+++ b/src/content/journal/2020/apps-tools-services.mdx
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ date: 2020-04-18
updated: 2022-04-30
author: Stefan Imhoff
description: All the apps, tools, and services I use on my iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Apple TV, and Mac.
-tags: ["productivity", "technology"]
+tags: ["productivity", "software"]
---
This is a list of all the tools, apps, and services I use on my iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Apple TV, and Mac. I’ll update this list from time to time.
diff --git a/src/content/journal/2020/everyday-carry.mdx b/src/content/journal/2020/everyday-carry.mdx
index 0db5c11..2e5c6c2 100644
--- a/src/content/journal/2020/everyday-carry.mdx
+++ b/src/content/journal/2020/everyday-carry.mdx
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ updated: 2023-06-09
author: Stefan Imhoff
description: In this essay, I show my Everyday Carries and explain why I carry them.
cover: /assets/images/cover/everyday-carry.webp
-tags: ["self-improvement", "technology"]
+tags: ["self-improvement", "technology", "minimalism"]
---
## Things I Carry Around Every Day
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ I bought in December 2019 the AirPods Pro and used them nearly everyday. In 2023
## Traveler’s Notebook
-In my jacket, back pocket, or bag I always carry a [Traveler’s Notebook Passport Size](https://www.travelers-company.com/products/trnote/starter-kit-passport) in _Camel_. I have [2-3 paper notebooks](https://www.travelers-company.com/products/trnote/refill-passport) in it. I have a [Traveler’s Notebook Regular Size ](https://www.travelers-company.com/products/trnote/starter-kit-regular) but don’t carry it with me around.
+In my jacket, back pocket, or bag I always carry a [Traveler’s Notebook Passport Size](https://www.travelers-company.com/products/trnote/starter-kit-passport) in _Camel_. I have [2-3 paper notebooks](https://www.travelers-company.com/products/trnote/refill-passport) in it. I have a [Traveler’s Notebook Regular Size](https://www.travelers-company.com/products/trnote/starter-kit-regular) but don’t carry it with me around.
I bought my notebook at [Property Of…](https://thepropertyof.com/) and the leather embossing of my initials was included.
diff --git a/src/content/journal/2020/new-website-2020-design.mdx b/src/content/journal/2020/new-website-2020-design.mdx
index c95020f..581dcd5 100644
--- a/src/content/journal/2020/new-website-2020-design.mdx
+++ b/src/content/journal/2020/new-website-2020-design.mdx
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ slug: new-website-2020-design
author: Stefan Imhoff
description: This is the second of three parts in a series of essays about the process of creating my new website. This one shows the design process for my website.
cover: /assets/images/cover/new-website-2020-design.webp
-tags: ["design", "book"]
+tags: ["design", "book", "japan"]
series: new-website-2020
---
diff --git a/src/content/journal/2020/new-website-2020-inspiration.mdx b/src/content/journal/2020/new-website-2020-inspiration.mdx
index cf0958a..8425e80 100644
--- a/src/content/journal/2020/new-website-2020-inspiration.mdx
+++ b/src/content/journal/2020/new-website-2020-inspiration.mdx
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ date: 2020-07-14
author: Stefan Imhoff
description: This is the first of three parts in a series of essays about the process of creating my new website. This one has a look into the inspiration for my website.
cover: /assets/images/cover/new-website-2020-inspiration.webp
-tags: ["design", "book"]
+tags: ["design", "book", "japan"]
series: new-website-2020
---
diff --git a/src/content/journal/2020/new-website-2020.mdx b/src/content/journal/2020/new-website-2020.mdx
index afb7485..93dea84 100644
--- a/src/content/journal/2020/new-website-2020.mdx
+++ b/src/content/journal/2020/new-website-2020.mdx
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ date: 2020-07-07
author: Stefan Imhoff
description: "Finally, after 3 years with 250 hours of work, I finished my longest-running project: A new design and code for my website. Everything is new. I created over 1,400 files with 29,000 lines of code."
cover: /assets/images/cover/new-website-2020.webp
-tags: ["code", "design"]
+tags: ["code", "design", "japan"]
series: new-website-2020
---
diff --git a/src/content/journal/2020/tools-i-use-for-note-taking.mdx b/src/content/journal/2020/tools-i-use-for-note-taking.mdx
index 2755bd5..56efe9a 100644
--- a/src/content/journal/2020/tools-i-use-for-note-taking.mdx
+++ b/src/content/journal/2020/tools-i-use-for-note-taking.mdx
@@ -14,19 +14,19 @@ If you want to learn more about the Zettelkasten method, I recommend the essay [
As I wrote in my last essay [Zettelkasten Note-Taking Method With DEVONthink](/zettelkasten-note-taking-devonthink/) I started my Zettelkasten in DEVONthink. But since then, I integrated more tools into my workflow. This essay describes which tools I use for my notes and why.
-## DEVONthink or Obsidian? Both!
+## DEVONthink or Obsidian? Both
After using DEVONthink for a while, a few of its disadvantages for the Zettelkasten method became obvious: The linking of notes was time-consuming manual work, it is missing backlink and graph features, and the WikiLink auto-complete does _only_ work if I know the note ID. But as I use DEVONthink not only for note-taking but for archiving documents, or inspirational material, I found myself in a dilemma. I gave [Obsidian](https://obsidian.md/) another try and was impressed. It had tremendously improved after I first tested it. I felt frustrated to not be able to have the features of both tools in one tool. And as there is never _one_ tool that fulfills all wishes, why not combine tools?
I use 7 different tools: 😅
-1. [DEVONthink](https://devontechnologies.com/apps/devonthink) – Holding all my reference material, synchronizing notes across devices, and easy filtering by tags.
-2. [DEVONthink to Go](https://apps.apple.com/app/devonthink-to-go/id395722470) – Adding notes on mobile devices like my phone or tablet.
-3. [Obsidian](https://obsidian.md/) – Creating, writing, linking, and analyzing notes.
-4. [Raycast](https://www.raycast.com/) – Creating snippets (ID, or templates).
-5. [iA Writer](https://ia.net/writer) – Writing essays or longer notes.
-6. [GitHub](https://github.com/) – Version-controlled history of all my note changes.
-7. [BibDesk](https://bibdesk.sourceforge.io/) – Manage my bibliography.
+1. [Obsidian](https://obsidian.md/) – Creating, writing, linking, and analyzing notes
+2. [iA Writer](https://ia.net/writer) – Writing essays or longer notes
+3. [DEVONthink](https://devontechnologies.com/apps/devonthink) – Holding all my reference material, synchronizing notes across devices, and easy filtering by tags
+4. [DEVONthink to Go](https://apps.apple.com/app/devonthink-to-go/id395722470) – Adding notes on mobile devices like my phone or tablet
+5. [BibDesk](https://bibdesk.sourceforge.io/) – Manage my bibliography
+6. [Raycast](https://www.raycast.com/) – Creating snippets (ID, or templates)
+7. [GitHub](https://github.com/) – Version-controlled history of all my note changes
The following sections describe my workflow and how I integrate the various tools into my note-taking process.
@@ -34,6 +34,20 @@ The following sections describe my workflow and how I integrate the various tool
## Tools
+### Obsidian
+
+[Obsidian](https://obsidian.md/) is incredible, doesn’t matter whether you use the Zettelkasten note-taking method or any other method. It’s built for _offline first_. Even though it’s in Beta, it outstrips its competitors. It has 18 official plugins (as of writing) and will add community plugins with version 1.0.
+
+One of the best features is Backlinks. Users of [Roam Research](https://roamresearch.com/) are familiar with this feature. If you link a note via the WikiLink syntax, e.g., `[[note]]`, the connected note will show this connection in a special backlink drawer. The creation of backlinks has fuzzy auto-complete, which is incredibly helpful. Linking another note is a matter of seconds.
+
+Obsidian has a Quick Switcher that allows jumping between notes in seconds and supports a fuzzy search for files.
+
+The Graph View is a cool feature! It displays all notes as dots (depending on the zoom level with or without the note name) and all connections between notes are visualized as lines. This allows us to see how good (or bad) the notes are connected. You can drag notes around and all connected notes will follow.
+
+### iA Writer
+
+I like writing long texts with iA Writer, because of its minimalistic interface, focus mode, and nice features to write better texts. I found an easy way of editing any Markdown note on-demand from DEVONthink or Obsidian in [iA Writer](https://ia.net/writer) and saving the changes back. Both tools allow setting shortcuts to open a file with its default application, which is for me iA Writer for Markdown files.
+
### DEVONthink
[DEVONthink](https://devontechnologies.com/apps/devonthink) is a fantastic document management system. It allows any type of content to be stored, archived, sorted, and analyzed. Databases can be synced via Bonjour, WebDAV, USB connection, or cloud providers such as Dropbox, or iCloud. The databases are automatically encrypted on external servers.
@@ -46,16 +60,6 @@ One thing I changed to my previous DEVONthink-_only_ workflow is that I use an *
I use [DEVONthink to Go](https://apps.apple.com/app/devonthink-to-go/id395722470s) to quickly create new notes, and add photos, or other media to my databases. These files get automatically synced with all connected devices and are added to my Macs the next time I open DEVONthink. Additionally, I use the mobile version to search and read the content of my database when I’m not on my computer.
-### Obsidian
-
-[Obsidian](https://obsidian.md/) is incredible, doesn’t matter whether you use the Zettelkasten note-taking method or any other method. It’s built for _offline first_. Even though it’s in Beta, it outstrips its competitors. It has 18 official plugins (as of writing) and will add community plugins with version 1.0.
-
-One of the best features is Backlinks. Users of [Roam Research](https://roamresearch.com/) are familiar with this feature. If you link a note via the WikiLink syntax, e.g., `[[note]]`, the connected note will show this connection in a special backlink drawer. The creation of backlinks has fuzzy auto-complete, which is incredibly helpful. Linking another note is a matter of seconds.
-
-Obsidian has a Quick Switcher that allows jumping between notes in seconds and supports a fuzzy search for files.
-
-The Graph View is a cool feature! It displays all notes as dots (depending on the zoom level with or without the note name) and all connections between notes are visualized as lines. This allows us to see how good (or bad) the notes are connected. You can drag notes around and all connected notes will follow.
-
-I opted for [Preact](https://preactjs.com/) for components, even though many didn't need interactivity. I'm glad I could use [MDX](https://mdxjs.com/) and map components to markdown elements.
+I opted for [Preact](https://preactjs.com/) for components, even though many didn't need interactivity. I'm glad I could use [MDX](https://mdxjs.com/) and map components to markdown elements. **Update:** I moved now to Astro components with a few interactive React components in the meantime.
It was my first time using [Tailwind CSS](https://tailwindcss.com/). Initially, I was skeptical because I didn’t like the idea of writing CSS in HTML. But after using it, I really like it. Writing CSS is much faster and I don’t have to think about naming classes. Additionally, I reduced the CSS size by 30%.
-If you're interested in the plugins, tools, and libraries I used, take a look at the [Colophon](/colophon/) page or the [source code](https://github.com/kogakure/website-astro-stefanimhoff.de) on GitHub.
+If you're interested in the plugins, tools, and libraries I used, take a look at the [About](/about/) page or the [source code](https://github.com/kogakure/website-astro-stefanimhoff.de) on GitHub.
diff --git a/src/schema/journal.ts b/src/schema/journal.ts
index 69b1640..d6a8fa2 100644
--- a/src/schema/journal.ts
+++ b/src/schema/journal.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ export const journal = defineCollection({
'design',
'download',
'film',
+ 'japan',
+ 'minimalism',
'philosophy',
'poetry',
'politics',