TAKE BETTER NOTES
How to Set Up A Hybrid Note-Taking System
The Subtle Reason Why I Have Two Note-Taking Systems (And Why You Should, Too)
If you’re taking notes and have a voyeur-tendency to know more about how others take effective notes… This article will feed some of your curiosity.
For ten years, I’ve been looking at my notes as “one dimensional”.
I was doing nothing else than saving information into my note-taking app:
Information about my everyday life, information about the stuff I learned, and my ideas.
This wasn’t necessarily a bad thing.
In fact, writing things down is a good way to keep track of them.
But then I started realizing that I was barely revisiting my notes.
In other words, I was saving a lot, but not that much engaging with it.
My routine looked like so:
1. Consuming content
2. Dumping information into my note-taking app
3. Going ahead with my day
After years, I realized that I had a serious problem with my note-taking system:
I was not taking notes; I was collecting them!
This triggered long months of research and transitioning, until I stumbled on the note-taking methodology called “Zettelkasten” (which is German and means “slip-box”).
The Zettelkasten seemed to be the solution to stop taking notes without revisiting them. It allows you to solidify your knowledge and come up…
