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Evergreen notes

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Evergreen notes are written and organized to evolve, contribute, and accumulate over time, across projects. This is an unusual way to think about writing notes: Most people take only transient notes. That’s because these practices aren’t about writing notes; they’re about developing insight: “Better note-taking” misses the point; what matters is “better thinking”. When done well, these notes can be quite valuable: Evergreen note-writing as fundamental unit of work. It’s hard to write notes that are worth developing over time. These principles help: This is of course enormously indebted to the notion of a Zettelkasten. See Similarities and between evergreen note-writing and Zettelkasten. See: Ahrens, S. (2017). How to Take Smart Notes: One Simple Technique to Boost Writing, Learning and Thinking – for Students, Academics and Nonfiction Book Writers. Many students and academic writers think like the early ship owners when it comes to note-taking. They handle their ideas and findings

Evergreen notes are written and organized to evolve, contribute, and accumulate over time, across projects. This is an unusual way to think about writing notes: Most people take only transient notes. That’s because these practices aren’t about writing notes; they’re about effectively developing insight: “Better note-taking” misses the point; what matters is “better thinking”. When done well, these notes can be quite valuable: Evergreen note-writing as fundamental unit of knowledge work. It’s hard to write notes that are worth developing over time. These principles help: Evergreen notes…

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