Note Taking

Atomic Notes

Atomic notes hold one idea each - written to stand alone and link freely, not as mini blog posts.

A Second Brain holds ideas outside your head - starting with capture, not willpower.

I bullet journal for rapid logging on paper - tasks, events, notes, migrated weekly. No pretty spreads.

Capture is where PKM lives or dies - one trusted inbox, save what resonates, not everything you see.

Teams need shared knowledge with clear owners and norms - separate from a solo thinking garden.

Context-aware capture records why you saved something - project, mood, question - while it's still obvious.

Selecting and ordering notes is creative work - not filing chores.

Daily notes are a scratch pad for the day - fleeting by default, not a permanent archive.

Fewer apps and sync layers. My PKM got better when I stopped collecting tools.

Serendipity isn't luck - it's building systems where old notes surprise you at the right time.