This is an introduction to Building a Second Brain, the proven method to organize your digital life and unlock your creative potential
Source: Building a Second Brain: The Definitive Introductory Guide
This is good, I need to read again
notey kind of overview and job list
- Unless there are compelling reasons this here is my place https://www.buildingasecondbrain.com/resources
- I need to take into account increasing senility and decreasing motivation
- I have a list of projects and places I publish
- I am eager to notice that this process is cyclic
- I need the second workspace (and more), perhaps I can take audio notes
- I would like to be more than a consumer
- when I capture something it needs a little predigestion which might include tagging
- This PressThis app might need tuning
- AI integration
- can I at least steal all these people’s ideas https://www.notion.so/pricing
- I use, tags, categories, menu and submenu, and styles like colour coding
- To do
- 1) archive all and start clean
- 2) sort into Project, Area, Resources
- 3) new material goes to inbox
Capture
Organise
- Projects: short-term efforts (in your work or personal life) that you take on with a certain goal in mind
- Areas: Long-term responsibilities you want to manage over time
- Resources: Topics or interests that may be useful in the future
- Archive: Inactive items from the other 3 categories
“Note that we have re-created the tickler file, except instead of strict time-based horizons (daily, weekly, monthly, annually), they are scheduled contingently — if X happens, when Y arrives, if I want to do Z, etc.”
https://fortelabs.com/blog/progressive-summarization-a-practical-technique-for-designing-discoverable-notes/
Distil
distilling your notes into actionable, bite-sized summaries.
Instead of trying to sit down and move the entire project forward all at once, which is like trying to roll a giant boulder uphill, a more effective approach is to end each work session – whether it is 15 minutes or 3 hours – by completing just one Intermediate Packet.
Express
I have projects
I joined the Email list
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