Reading the Garden
Table of Contents
Learn in two lanes - wiki for understanding, cards for recall when life shows up.
Key Concept
- Learn from the garden in two lanes - wiki for understanding, cards for drill.
- Read top to bottom on one note:
description,key_concept,examples, shareable thoughts, relationships, then neighbors and backlinks. - PKM track: start at Maps of Content or Getting Started; faith track: Eternal Principles then Free Grace when order matters.
- Drill lane: life cue on the card front, immediate move on the back - produce the answer before you flip.
- Question that matters: can I recall and use this when it matters?
Level 1 - Recognize
Reading the garden means learning in two lanes - wiki prose for understanding, review cards for recall under pressure.
Level 2 - Explain
Each page stacks definition, angle, scenes, and links - like reading a recipe card before you cook, not skimming the whole cookbook.
Level 3 - Use
Open one note, read description and key_concept first, then drill at /notes/review/ when you need the move Monday morning.
Level 4 - Connect
Success is recall and use when it matters - not tab count or review streak length; Layered Reading names multiple passes on hard ideas.
Level 5 - Create
Build a reading route that moves from one defensible wiki claim to timed Spaced Repetition drills, then use Periodic Knowledge Review to repair the graph.
Examples
- Glad opening six gospel tabs Sunday finally forced one note, description first, then drill at /notes/review/ - I could not quote one claim Monday without it.
- Kid asked why I forgive at work and I scrolled shareable thoughts - should have drilled the card on Tuesday.
Note Relationships
| Relationship | Wikilink | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| contradicts | The Collector's Fallacy | when saving and scrolling replaces recall and use |
| extends | Active Reading | Mark and extract on external sources; this note is the garden read order |
| extends | Atomic Notes | Field stack on each page - description, angle, scenes, links |
| extends | Eternal Principles | Faith entry hub - gospel cards share the drill lane |
| extends | Layered Reading | Skim, angle, links - same source, increasing depth |
| extends | Periodic Knowledge Review | Calendar revisit for the graph; cards handle timed drill |
| extends | Spaced Repetition | Drill lane on rhythm - wiki vs cards split |
