# Advice shouldn't be taken literally

Date: 2021-07-04 15:36:22 +08:00Date modified: 2021-07-19 18:04:56 +08:00

- advice, suggestions, whatchamacallit should only be used as frameworks, not a dogma

- furthermore, advice are contextual; what works from the person whose giving the advice is different from yours from the environment, financial status, etc.

- examples:

  - in note-taking, you may have heard of making Evergreen notes with one idea per note; some may take the advice in a literal sense; alternatively, atomicity can be interpreted as one message that can be made of multiple ideas which works more for you

  - in productivity, multiple advice on habits have been thrown such as the Pomodoro technique and bullet journaling; some may practice as-is but you can modify the number of reps in a Pomodoro session or add another type of bullet for writing

- eventually the advice will depend on your interpretation; Every copy of the techniques is personalized

- additionally, when giving advice, most people can read between the lines; it's not like they cannot understand context

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