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Notes Against Note-Taking Systems
If you’ve been taking action on the recommended tasks, here’s what you should be bringing with you: Something to capture fleeting notes. An inbox to stage fleeting notes for processing. A “Sleeping” folder for fleeting notes that resist processing. A physical slip box to hold your index cards, or digital note-taking platform with a folder titled “Z
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I’ve found that taking notes in my primary notebook is practically useless. Over the course of several months’ sprawl, you set an insurmountable search and retrieval task for yourself. If you won’t look at your notes, they aren’t much good.