First time hearing about this abjao thing
Alright, so I was just scrolling through some forums the other night, kinda bored honestly, and I keep seeing people talk about this “abjao” thing. Nobody really spelled out what it was exactly, just throwing the name around like everyone should know. Got me curious, you know? Figured I should look it up myself since everyone else seemed too busy being vague. First stop, tried typing “what is abjao” into the search bar – pretty basic start.

Getting my hands dirty & figuring it out
Searched and wow, okay, tons of technical jargon popped up. My eyes kinda glazed over. Not helpful at all. Decided to skip the complicated stuff and find something actually step-by-step. Found a couple of guides that weren’t written like university textbooks, thank goodness. From what I could piece together, abjao seems like some kind of technique or method? Maybe a specific way of doing something? Honestly, the name itself didn’t give me any clues.
Right, time to actually try it. Found a guide promising a step-by-step approach. Started super simple:
- Step one: Grabbed a notebook and a pen – old school, I know, but felt right.
- Step two: The guide said “identify your main focus point.” Whatever that meant. Sat there tapping my pen. Finally just wrote down “Figure out this abjao nonsense.” Hey, that counted!
- Step three: This involved branching out ideas from the focus point. Drew little lines from “abjao nonsense” like a messy spider web. Wrote things like “why use it?”, “where did it come from?”, “any examples?”. Looked stupid, but whatever.
Kept going like this. The guide had me adding layers, connecting dots, asking “what if?” questions about each point. Felt kinda forced at first, like I was just filling space. My notebook page was getting covered in scribbles and arrows. Honestly started questioning if this was actually useful or just busywork. But hey, I committed to trying it.
Hitting a wall and pushing through
Then it happened. I was staring at this messy page, feeling a bit dumb, when one of my stupid little “what if?” questions actually triggered a thought. Something clicked about why people might be using this method, even if they don’t explain it well. It wasn’t a magic lightbulb moment, but it felt like untangling a tiny knot. Maybe this process forces you to look at your own thoughts from different angles? Kept pushing the branches on my messy diagram, adding more thoughts as they came. It wasn’t graceful, and my hand was cramping up, but the scribbles started making a bit more sense.
Making it work (sort of)
By the end, my notebook page looked like a hurricane hit it. Seriously messy. But buried in the chaos, I actually had a clearer idea of what abjao seemed to be about – at least, how this one method of organizing thoughts was being labeled. The step-by-step forced me to build up my understanding piece by piece, even if it started with total confusion.

Final thoughts? Did I become an abjao master? Absolutely not. Is my notebook a beautiful masterpiece? No way, it’s chaotic. But I went from knowing literally nothing about some vague term to having a practical (though probably incomplete) understanding of a method people call abjao. And I figured it out by actually doing the steps, stumbling through them, and sticking with it even when it felt pointless. That’s the real takeaway for me. Sometimes you gotta just grab the pen and start scribbling, even if it looks dumb at first.