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how to take notes

  • don’t overthink it
  • the best app is the one you’ll actually open
  • you don’t need a note-taking system
  • your notes don’t need to live in the cloud
  • you don’t always have to keep them, writing them is the point
  • writing beats typing for learning and memory
  • write it down right away, you won’t remember it later
  • a few words is fine, full sentences are even better
  • use your own words, copying isn’t thinking
  • forget grammar as long as future you understands it
  • get it down first, tidy it up later
  • date your notes, future you will thank you
  • write down decisions and reminders, and why
  • note what surprised you, not everything
  • your notes will be a mess, that’s fine