I find a few to turn into a note or two and look for related notes in my collection to link to.Įach time I add a note to the collection I anticipate how I might use it again and the potential to apply it in some way. Next I review a list of ideas/thoughts/facts I've captured previously (more on this later). More often than not, journaling leads to a few notes and connections being added to the collection. I don't have any set prompts or template, but I usually touch on how I'm doing, reflections from the day before, and interesting things I've come across or learned. I start off thinking I don't have much to say, but invariably, I end up writing a fair amount. It's not hard to remember or even conjure up the necessary will power-I wake up early enough that there is nothing else competing for my attention and it's always the first thing I do. In order to get this new habit started and sustain it, I like to keep in mind the framework from Atomic Habits-make it obvious, make it attractive, make it easy, make it satisfying.Įvery day, first thing in the morning, I open up Emacs and start a journal entry using org-roam. What follows describes how I implement my note taking practice using Emacs, org-roam, hugo, Working Copy, and GitHub Actions. The more connections you make the more you can draw from to creatively solve new problems you encounter. The more things you know, the more connections you can make between them, but it helps to make deliberate effort to find connections especially when it is top of mind. ![]() Much has been said about the value of bi-directional linking, but associations between ideas and concepts is where creativity lives. Clarity in writing is clarity in thought. Second, writing it down in your own voice forces you to understand better than copying and pasting verbatim from the source or highlight it in a book. There's less pressure to write a note about a single thing compared to an essay about an entire topic and so you are more likely to do it. First, by constraining the content to a single idea or concept, the note tends to be short. The form factor of writing each note to contain a single idea has a few immediate benefits. Over time this produces a tapestry of interlinked ideas that can lead to new connections and ideas. If you are not familiar, there are two key concepts 1) each note contains a single idea and 2) notes link to other related notes frequently. Several months ago I started a Zettelkasten note taking practice. ![]() It's the combination of creativity and clear thinking that leads to good results and I'm contantly looking for ways to invest in both. The more clear your writing, the more clear your thinking. The more things you can associate together the more creatively you can solve problems. An in-depth description of a Zettelkasten note taking practice that helps me improve clarity of thinking and creativity.Ĭreativity is connections.
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