My Guides for Advent
A PKM expert and a mystic walk into a Zoom room
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The Way of a Digital Pilgrim
I didn’t plan it this way, but it turns out I am taking two virtual courses that overlap during Advent.
One is Tiago Forte’s 2025 Annual Review. The other is James Finley’s Turning to the Mystics Virtual Retreat: An Interior Pilgrimage.
Tiago, 39, is a noted Personal Knowledge Management (PKM) coach and writer, the creator of the Building a Second Brain approach to productivity. Finley, 81, is a former Trappist monk and psychotherapist whose books include The Healing Path: A Memoir and and Invitation.
I admire and trust both of them as guides. At different decades of life, they share a vulnerability and curiosity which makes what they have to say original and worth listening to.
When I finish their courses, I hope to have a vision for how I’d like 2025 to unfold and, perhaps, a better understanding of what it means to pray without ceasing.
Onward!