Zettelkasten and Evergreen notes Exploring Andy’s notes trust
Think about Context: notes in a PKM (Personal Knowledge Management) The goal of the note is crystallizing personal understanding/knowledge
Writing for others leads to adding unnecessary background information. We should strive to strip external context from a note. Notes need to be atomic because all external context is lost. Non-atomic note
Self-censoring, instead learn to let go
Makes it harder to write → stops progress
Literature notes
That is, I might be writing atomic-style notes but I try to write them as if they’re sections in a larger essay or work. Or even just: I try to write things with all the context and clear prose needed for an outsider to understand what I’m talking about. Then I often find that I can’t write anything at all! Better to write at a level where I can produce something, then use that to lever myself upward. Write notes for yourself by default, disregarding audience