---
type: Concept
title: PKM
description: "PKM is the boring name for how I save, organize, and use what I learn. Here's my unspectacular definition."
resource: "https://www.jorap.com/notes/pkm/"
tags: ["PKM", "Personal Knowledge Management", "Second Brain", "Note Taking", "Productivity", "Learning"]
timestamp: "2026-06-18T06:00:00Z"
---
**PKM** is the boring name for how I save, organize, and use what I learn. Here's my unspectacular definition.

## Examples

- When a friend asks what PKM means, I say the same for what I learn - boring name, daily payoff.
- My commute notebook has three lists I actually open - not forty folders I'll never scroll again.
- The team manager keeps a card file sorted by what she actually uses on game day, not every article she ever read.
- The school nurse keeps a card file sorted by what she actually uses on a shift, not every article she ever read.

## Note Relationships

| Relationship | Wikilink | Reason |
|--------------|----------|--------|
| alternative | [GTD vs PARA](/concepts/gtd-vs-para.md) | Note garden vs task inbox when architecture beats action lists |
| contradicts | [The Collector's Fallacy](/concepts/the-collectors-fallacy.md) | when building the system feels like progress without output |
| extends | [Getting Started](/hubs/getting-started/index.md) | PKM is the plain name for the save-organize-use system getting started introduces |
| extends | [PKM](/concepts/pkm.md) | Umbrella term this garden sits under |
| implements | [Getting Started](/hubs/getting-started/index.md) | Garden rules carry PKM into how this site actually works |