December 10, 2025

Samuel’s Thoughts 173: Hard Decisions and a Second Brain

49 minutes

Samuel is back behind the mic for a catch-up episode, talking about how his master’s program has taken over schedule-wise, why he had to step away from his job working with kids, and how he’s rebuilding his space and systems to better support his brain, his projects, and his people. Along the way he plugs new voice-acting work in Bill Meeks’ Everly Heights universe, reflects on a deep conversation about faith and disagreement on the podcast Agenda Fluid, and explains how Tiago Forte’s “Building a Second Brain” and the PARA method are helping him stay organized without pretending there’s a one-size-fits-all solution. He also teases his upcoming “year theme” episode and the annual Diamond Club New Year’s stream-a-thon for Children’s Miracle Network.

Highlights in this episode:

Why the master’s workload forced Samuel to give up his job working with kids (and what he took away from it)

Decluttering the home studio with his mom’s “organization wizardry” and the saga of oversized academic textbooks

Voice-acting as Louis Loop in Everly Heights Tales and helping introduce listeners to Bill Meeks’ new shared universe

Guesting on Agenda Fluid to talk religion, faith, disagreement, and why “enemy mindset” and outrage politics are so harmful

Living with anger as an epilepsy trigger, why Samuel refuses to lean into rage, and how that shapes how he shows he cares

How “Building a Second Brain” and the PARA method (Projects, Areas, Resources, Archive) power his Notion setup, tabletop campaigns, joke file, Bible notes, and more

Why organizing is a coping strategy for him (not a moral high ground), and his argument that everyone needs the system that fits their own brain

Teasing the upcoming “Year of Relationship” recap and next year’s personal theme, plus the Diamond Club New Year’s stream-a-thon for Children’s Miracle Network

Building a Second Brain: https://a.co/d/7BbihaL

Everly Heights: https://everlyheights.tv/everlyheightstales/

Agenda Fluid episode: https://agendafluid.com/podcast/is-religion-necessary-in-a-scientific-world/

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Music from https://filmmusic.io

“NewsSting” and “News Theme” by Kevin MacLeod

(https://incompetech.com)

License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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