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maybe I just need to embrace @visakanv junkyard approach, I might just be a junkyard person https://t.co/TyH0BUTFcJ
or there's another one which sounds like "should this be in Roam or Obsidian... for that matter I should just commit to one over the other shouldn't I... but what about using both at once... oh god I should figure out ONCE AND FOR ALL what my system is... later"
The idea of a note taking system is an info hazard Once you know you *could* be optimising for how you take notes, everything that falls under the domain of 'things I might take notes on' reveals how sub-optimally you take notes this creates over-engineered systems and anxiety
I've decided I'm going to use Obsidian for like 95% of my stuff, because Obsidian feels like a magical playground, I can make it pretty and it's all in plain text files and I shall satisfice all the way, focusing on creative output rather than polishing notes as a hobby
it's important not to throw the baby out with the bathwater taking notes is good, organising notes is good but I am going to optimise for fun over function and I'm gonna trust my inherent salience filter and capacity for embodied cognition
@m_ashcroft Yeah this is super interesting - I havent even played with fancy note taking software but also think about this. And the fact is like it's all impermanent. Whether it's in my brain and eventually gets foggy or it's digital and gets lost or forgotten, or not retrievable -
@m_ashcroft Either way nothing lasts. So I'm leaning more into intuitive "I'll write this down or tweet it if I fee like it" and otherwise just let whatever coheres to my thinky brain system cohere on its own
@m_ashcroft Obsidian feels like an excellent tool for satisficing BECAUSE it's plain text files I'm changing up my system for how I interact with it pretty much constantly e.g. Recently I started using `code` formatting just to make it color some words red (in addition to inline code bits)
@m_ashcroft I'd say that almost everyone benefits from taking notes, but the point is to always focus your attention on the thing that you're trying to do, not the thing that's helping you do it. look at what you're drawing, not the pencil you're holding. otherwise- https://t.co/ljUFdnQYBk
@visakanv yeah I agree that taking notes is good “worrying about your note taking system to the extent that you don’t take notes” is not good the info hazard part is that I suspect most people get easily trapped in the latter
@m_ashcroft My mental hack around this was to apply Deliberate Practice to "wasting time" https://t.co/VCXc5PX1XV
@m_ashcroft https://t.co/5koMa3T3LR I hand write my notes / journal. I think there’s a lot of vividness in human memory (even though its falliable). I’m also trying to get better at remembering things. I also read that social media is ruining our ability to remember things, I’ll look it up
@m_ashcroft Think it was this one: https://t.co/cEncXGy8M3 Not saying, “Down with PKM”, but I’m personally against it on a gut level.