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Write exactly one note for each idea and write as if you were writing for someone else: Use full sentences, disclose your sources, make references and try to be as precise, clear and brief as possible.
Sönke Ahrens • How to Take Smart Notes: One Simple Technique to Boost Writing, Learning and Thinking
One simple way to summarize all these tips is this: Keep your future self in mind. Your Notes will be useless if they can’t be deciphered in a week, month, or year from now. Do your future self a kindness and don’t sacrifice clarity for brevity. It will keep your Bullet Journal valuable for years to come.
Ryder Carroll • The Bullet Journal Method
Remove ambiguities and convert to specifics
Clear topic sentences > insane paragraphs.
Agility is the elimination of physical clutter.
Tranquility is the elimination of spiritual clutter.”
jamesclear.com • 3-2-1: On Eliminating Clutter, Reinventing Yourself, and Unity | James Clear
The most important factor in whether your notes can survive that journey into the future is their discoverability—how easy it is to discover what they contain and access the specific points that are most immediately useful.