Thousands of words every single day. But I'm a terrible writer. I've tried writing using all sorts of different stylistic devices, and even using Dionysian Imitatio, specifically metathesis exercises. Yet I find it virtually impossible when I have something I need to express, like a request, or an idea about aesthetic theory to convert that into something which is well written.

Are you dedicating as much time to reading good writing as you are to practicing it? 

Thanks for the post. I didn't know about MacroFactor, and it seems like a great alternative to the all-too-popular MyFitnessPal. Do you (or anyone else) have a good recommendation for a food scale? Measuring individual ingredients, like those for a complex salad, for example, seems like a tedious task.

The two other books in the series (particularly The Dark Forest)

I found the series to be a slog until about halfway through The Dark Forest, when jura Yhb Wv ragrerq pelbfgnfvf naq jbxr hc gjb uhaqerq lrnef yngre. After that, the series ramped up, and I couldn't stop reading.

You're O.K. to read in publication order.

This is really two books.

I'm in the camp that Seveneves is three books: disaster thriller to start, space-based intrigue in the middle, and fantastical science fiction at the end.

For the people who live in the terminal, newsboat works well.

I enjoy using Obsidian for its automatic syncing and intuitive mobile application. I'd happily use the git system outlined in your post if I didn't jot down as many notes (or reference links saved in files) on my phone as I do now.