# notes --- - [[⭐ what matters to her is to seize this time]] - [[2024-01-28 context is my favorite playground]] - [[{2.1a} the essence of the everyday]] # summary --- The first major influence on Beth's PKM system is rnaux, Annie. 'The Years, a memoir "interspersed with the history of post-war France". One of Beth's major takeaways is Ernaux's ability to situate her stories within the context of _the essence of the everyday_. The second is [[Lehr, Julian. 'Multi-layered calendars'. 2023-07-06.]], which has made Beth want everything connected to a date, to see how everything connects across systems, and has made her start thinking in layers (I agree!). Tying the two together, Beth points out that Ernaux's personal stories are _layered_ with those of post-war France. (Beth handles her system connections / contextualization with Day One and IFTTT. I'm wondering if I can do something similar in Capacities.