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Open-source your life in a closed group

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In August, I was chatting again with Malaika, this time about the spreadsheet in which she tracks life variables. I thought this was a good idea, so we started a Discord server to each do this and invited a few friends. Each member has a server channel + Google Sheet (or in one member’s case, a sourcehut git repo containing a csv). We put [the Google Sheets] in a Google Drive that only server members can access. We set a requirement to fill out your spreadsheet daily (with occasional amnesty for slips/trips) & post something meaningful about your spreadsheet / habits at least once/week. I set #rules-and-recs as follows: I think these were a good set, esp. threading, which made it easy to follow habits of interest without drowning in overall content. Some members do roundups of currently active threads in their channel every now and again, which is super helpful. Anything you like. Like system prompts, the columns are a cool manifestation of what you care about. I’ve included mine from

In August, I was chatting again with Malaika, this time about the spreadsheet in which she tracks life variables. I thought this was a good idea, so we started a Discord server to each do this and invited a few friends. Each member has a server channel + Google Sheet (or in one member’s case, a sourcehut git repo containing a csv). We put [the Google Sheets] in a Google Drive that only server members can access. We set a requirement to fill out your spreadsheet daily (with occasional amnesty for slips/trips) & post something meaningful about your spreadsheet / habits at least once/week. I…

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