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Reading the Garden

Created Jul 25, 2026, 12:30 PM · Updated Jul 25, 2026, 12:30 PM

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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.
Level 1: Read one note at a time for the idea, then drill the cards when you need the move under pressure - not one long scroll pretending you studied.
Level 2: Each page stacks in order - definition, angle, two scenes, shareable thoughts, then links - like reading a recipe card before you cook, not skimming the whole cookbook.
Level 3: One pass is not enough for hard ideas - skim the definition first, return for the angle, follow links for context, drill cards for recall; Layered Reading names the passes.
Level 4: Success is recall and use when it matters - retention, application, explanation - not tab count or review streak length.
Level 5: Wiki holds prose you can defend; ~20% spine notes opt into cards at /notes/review/ - same split as Spaced Repetition; Periodic Knowledge Review calendars the graph, cards handle timed 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?

Opened six gospel tabs Sunday and could not quote one claim Monday - one note, description first, then drill at /notes/review/.
Kid asked why I forgive at work and I scrolled shareable thoughts until I found the line - should have drilled the card Tuesday so the move was already loaded.

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

Layered Reading
One pass through a book is not absorption - return when more depth is needed.
Spaced Repetition
Review on a schedule so ideas stick - retention, application, and explanation, not fact pile-up.
Periodic Knowledge Review
Notes rot without revisit - calendar weekly and quarterly passes like bills.
Maps of Content
Hub notes get written by hand when one topic spreads across too many files to hold in memory.
Getting Started
I keep one clear claim per note page and let wikilinks plus /notes/ do the browsing.
Eternal Principles
What Jesus taught that doesn't expire when the culture shifts - love God, love people, forgive, seek the kingdom first.
Free Grace
Eternal life is Christ's gift received by faith alone, not wages for commandments, principles, or good works.
The Collector's Fallacy
Saving articles felt like progress until every save tied to an express deadline or got cut.
Active Reading
Read with a pencil in hand - mark, question, and extract before highlights die in the book.
Atomic Notes
One clear claim per note - split before the ands pile up.