The 💡daily note is a perfect place to dump anything that comes to mind Use daily notes to close open loops and keep a journal. interstitial journal combined with some search queries on a dedicated page make it easy to keep track of possible writing ideas.
This is a combination of a journal, GTD, and Zettelkasten and Evergreen MOC. It creates a workflow for scratch notes. They get written on the fly, but periodically reviewed. The ones that are worthwile get promoted to undeveloped, or maybe even seedling. The rest gets ticked of the list (which in itself feels great).
Literature notes
- a quick way to capture transient notes which clearly isolates them from evergreen notes; and
- a place to put notes you want to develop further and a practice which reliably drains it (Inboxes only work if you trust how they’re drained)
I use a “writing inbox” for this purpose. Undeveloped ideas, excerpts from my Daily working log, notes from reading, one-line prompts, etc all begin in that queue. During My morning writing practice, I’ll look through notes in this inbox and spend time developing any that strike me. On most days, I spend the majority of my writing time in this way. – A writing inbox for transient and incomplete notes
Fleeting notes
Obsidian has several easy ways to create a virtual inbox:
- [-] search for all todos with an inbox-tag Using an inbox tag proved cumbersome, now I just use one task search page that is embedded in my daily page