When you don’t consider the differences between notes in talahardin taxonomy of note types, you manage them less optimally, which results in less productivity.
The following are the most common mistakes in this regard:
- Keeping a journal and using that as a collection of notes.
- A diary should be used as an inbox to capture fleeting notes. The ideal workflow in using a journal, both analog or digital, is to set aside a time to review the entries, highlighting the best insights that merit being processed into evergreens in the talahardin.
- Collecting notes only related to specific projects.
- Even if it’s good to always collect information based on existing projects, not all information can be connected to a project. The best notes are those that can exist by their own and can be deployed in all kinds of projects in the future.
- Treating all notes as fleeting.
- In a way, this is related to using a journal. When one treats all notes as fleeting, then putting them in a journal that one never reviews makes sense. This, however, does not build a second brain that acretes.
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To do
- You can convert this into a permanent note related to Talahardin by removing the link to the three types of notes in Zettelkasten and
References
Ahrens, S. (2017). How to Take Smart Notes: One Simple Technique to Boost Writing, Learning and Thinking – for Students, Academics and Nonfiction Book Writers. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform.