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+# work reflections
+
+a personal knowledge base of anonymized work reflections, strategies, mentalities, and workflows distilled from real experiences. this isn't polished advice — it's raw reflection from internships, projects, competitions, and the ongoing process of figuring out how to work well.
+
+everything here is first-person. real experiences, real lessons, identifying details stripped out.
+
+---
+
+## sources & methodology
+
+this wiki draws from several sources: Apple Notes reflections from a neurotech startup internship (summer 2025), 150+ IdeaFlow journal entries (feb-apr 2026), scattered Apple Notes from competitions and coding sessions, published notes on [moonflowers.xyz](https://www.moonflowers.xyz), and concepts from [Joe Hudson's Art of Accomplishment](https://www.artofaccomplishment.com/).
+
+the startup internship notes were the richest source by far — structured weekly reflections combined with raw late-night processing produced the deepest insights.
+
+full details: [[sources-and-methodology]]
+
+---
+
+## core strategies
+
+the foundational practices that keep showing up across every context.
+
+- [[zooming-out]] — stepping back from work to see clearly. walks, scenery changes, thinking time.
+- [[resyncing]] — communication patterns for staying aligned. sync meetings, high-bandwidth comms, the "short circuit" tool.
+- [[critical-path]] — "is this critical path?" the core prioritization question, and why it keeps getting ignored.
+- [[intentionality]] — the meta-skill. being deliberate about work selection, relationships, and growth.
+
+## work patterns
+
+specific workflows and approaches to different types of work.
+
+- [[startup-workflow]] — weekly cadence, re-entry format, growth numbers, 80-15-5 rule. a "perpetual state of hackathon."
+- [[electronics-workflow]] — breadboard → wiring → UX. the practical build sequence.
+- [[software-workflow]] — think first, types first, then implement. learned from a teammate.
+- [[vibe-coding]] — coding with AI. powerful and dangerous. AI rotting, context switching, when to trust agents.
+- [[modeling]] — "all models are wrong but some are useful." mathematical and conceptual modeling.
+- [[research-workflow]] — read a lot, find an interesting problem, start reading hella, prototype.
+
+## mentality & inner game
+
+the internal work that makes the external work possible.
+
+- [[impostor-syndrome]] — the arc from "everyone is cooking me" to "acceleration > position."
+- [[perseverance]] — "monkey wants us to run away." staying when things are cooked.
+- [[narratives]] — how the story you tell yourself determines how you feel about your work.
+- [[confidence]] — sources of confidence, the validation trap, self-acceptance over achievement.
+- [[resets]] — the full reset toolbox organized by emotional and physical state.
+- [[gratitude-and-appreciation]] — gratitude as a practical tool. Joe Hudson's welcoming practice.
+
+## team & relationships
+
+working with people — the hardest and most important part.
+
+- [[team-dynamics]] — what makes teams work. bandwidth, honesty, urgency without stress.
+- [[relationship-repair]] — deliberate one-on-one walks to fix friction. anonymized examples.
+- [[feedback-and-honesty]] — "tell them how i'm feeling, don't ask for anything, keep working."
+
+## meta
+
+thinking about thinking about work.
+
+- [[operation-optimization]] — periodically optimizing how you operate. the reflection → action gap.
+- [[sources-and-methodology]] — where this wiki's content came from and how to find more.
+
+---
+
+## related published notes
+
+some of these ideas also appear in published form on [moonflowers.xyz](https://www.moonflowers.xyz):
+
+- [a note on modeling](https://www.moonflowers.xyz/notes/mDl1nG_N0t3-on-modeling) — the full version of [[modeling]]
+- a note on optimized learning
+- poorly vibe coded apps are bad — related to [[vibe-coding]]
+- operation big items
+- rejection & connection — related to [[relationship-repair]]
+- reset options — the original version of [[resets]]
+- quotes
+- great things
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