In a note taking practice, the act of publishing and reviewing notes helps to visualize progress of growing your knowledge. It’s difficult to quantify your intelligence or thinking at any moment, but seeing the list of files added/modified when doing a git commit makes it more tangible.
Adding publishing to note taking makes it more satisfying and makes it more likely you will continue (see Atomic Habits ‘make it satisfying’).
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Reflections on Writing 500 Notes
I’ve now written 500 notes and roughly 84,000 words since May 25, 2020 in my Zettelkasten. Here are a few thoughts and observations.