Kintsugi Zuihitsu

Kintsugi (金継ぎ), the art of golden repair, transforms brokenness into beauty by highlighting fractures with precious metal rather than hiding them. Zuihitsu (随筆), meaning “following the brush,” represents the Japanese literary form of spontaneous, personal reflection that flows naturally from thought to thought.

This vault embodies both concepts: kintsugi in how it transforms scattered thoughts and broken learning attempts into a unified golden network of knowledge, and zuihitsu in its organic, wandering structure that follows curiosity rather than rigid categorization.

The structure separates transparent knowledge that can be shared publicly from protected development requiring privacy, while maintaining natural connections between all areas of exploration.

To-Do List

Maybe open VS Code in this directory to complete notes quicker alongside Copilot?

Yatagarasu: Complete onboarding form, integrate User Feedback into notes, and keep working on the platform.
Omoikane:
- ? Change cloze flashcard generation to be bold text instead of highlighted text.
- MTH3004: Outline What is Effective Teaching in Mathematics according to mth3004 lecture 3, mth3004 lecture 4, and mth3004 lecture 5. Learn the National Curriculum and my subject of choice throughout for the poster part of the coursework.
- MTH3006: Review and complete all recent notes and questions.
- MTH3007: Review and complete all recent notes and questions. Follow slides not the worksheet for week 8 - incorrect formula.
- MTH3011: Re-write Research Plan and complete articles (Guest lecture 2, Guest Lecture 3, and guest lecture 4).
Kuebiko: Continue development on FFMS & combine with a schedule generator (that objectively scores/weights daily activities to optimise).

Granular Task List

MTH3006…
1. Lecture notes…
  1. Complete MTH3006 lecture 12 notes from this week (30 minutes)
  2. Complete MTH3006 lecture 11 notes from this week (30 minutes)
  3. Review MTH3006 lectures 1-10 for understanding (2 hours)
2. Problem sets…
  1. Complete MTH3006 Problems Set 1 (90 minutes)
  2. Complete MTH3006 Problems Set 2 (90 minutes)
  3. Complete MTH3006 Problems Set 3 (90 minutes)
  4. Complete MTH3006 Problems Set 4 (90 minutes)
  5. Complete MTH3006 Problems Set 5 (90 minutes)
  6. Complete MTH3006 Problems Set 6 (90 minutes)
3. Cheat sheet refinement
MTH3011…
1. Guest lectures…
  1. Watch Guest Lecture 4 recording and take initial notes (45 minutes)
  2. Write up Guest Lecture 4 blog-style seminar report (30 minutes)
  3. Review/rewrite Guest Lecture 2 seminar report (30 minutes)
  4. Review/rewrite Guest Lecture 3 seminar report (30 minutes)
MTH3007…
1. Lecture notes…
  1. Review MTH3007 lectures 1-5 notes (1.5 hours)
  2. Complete MTH3007 lecture 6 notes (30 minutes)
  3. Complete MTH3007 lecture 7 notes (30 minutes)
  4. Complete MTH3007 lecture 8 notes using slides not worksheet (30 minutes)
2. Problem sets…
  1. Complete MTH3007 Problems Set 1 (90 minutes)
  2. Complete MTH3007 Problems Set 2 (90 minutes)
  3. Complete MTH3007 Problems Set 3 (90 minutes)
  4. Complete MTH3007 Problems Set 4 (90 minutes)
  5. Complete MTH3007 Problems Set 5 (90 minutes)
  6. Complete MTH3007 Problems Set 6 (90 minutes)
  7. Complete MTH3007 Problems Set 7 (90 minutes)
  8. Complete MTH3007 Problems Set 8 (90 minutes)
MTH3004…
1. Essay…
  1. Research MTH3004 essay sources on effective mathematics teaching (1 hour)
  2. Create essay outline based on lectures 3, 4, 5 (1 hour)
  3. Write essay introduction (30 minutes)
  4. Write essay body paragraph 1 (30 minutes)
  5. Write essay body paragraph 2 (30 minutes)
  6. Write essay body paragraph 3 (30 minutes)
  7. Write essay conclusion (30 minutes)
  8. Edit and proofread essay (30 minutes)
  9. Submit MTH3004 essay draft (by 27th November)
2. Poster…
  1. Research National Curriculum for chosen topic (1 hour)
  2. Plan poster structure for Year 7-13 topic development (30 minutes)
Kintsugi Zuihitsu…
1. Search for highlighting in notes to count flashcards (5 minutes)
2. Change flashcard syntax from == to ** globally (30 minutes)
3. Update Obsidian settings for new cloze format (5 minutes)
4. Test new flashcard format works correctly (10 minutes)
Yatagarasu…
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Kuebiko…
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