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Promote on Reuse
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Polish a note when it re-enters real work - not when it first lands in the inbox.
Key Concept
- Promotion earns polish - reuse is the signal, not guilt about an messy inbox.
- First capture stays light: tag, date, one line of why.
- Second open for a live project means promote: tighten the claim, add links, maybe cards.
- Note Maturity names the stages; Context-Aware Capture saves the why while memory is warm.
Level 1 - Recognize
Promote on reuse means upgrading a note only when it re-enters real work - not on first capture.
Level 2 - Explain
Like sharpening a knife when you actually cook - not polishing every utensil the day you buy it.
Level 3 - Use
When an idea shows up in two projects in one month, promote it - add links and tighten the claim.
Level 4 - Connect
Polishing every inbox item burns Sunday - because reuse is the signal, let quiet sparks fade without shame.
Level 5 - Create
Pair with Periodic Knowledge Review and Active Knowledge Curation - calendar asks what got reused; promotion follows the answer.
Examples
- Glad the jeepney-delay note stayed a one-liner until the third late pickup - then I promoted it with links to leave-earlier habits.
- Forty bookmarked recipes, four cooked twice - only those four earned promotion to real kitchen notes.
Note Relationships
| Relationship | Wikilink | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| contradicts | The Collector's Fallacy | when filing feels like progress without reuse |
| extends | Context-Aware Capture | Why-line on capture makes promotion faster when reuse hits |
| extends | Daily Notes | Daily tray holds sparks; promotion moves repeats out |
| extends | Note Maturity | Promotion moves a note up one maturity stage |
| implements | Periodic Knowledge Review | Review pass asks what got reused - then promote |
