The practice of note-taking is universal — it is everybody's concern how to write their findings efficiently with the use of a [[id:88f2256a-3359-4d10-92a3-9273cabce414][Personal information management]] system.
Note-taking does not only involve the act of writing but also the act of retrieval from finding contextual relationships from two notes, separating notes into digestible chunks, and searching notes effectively.
Among the endless list of methods, popular methods include [[id:4259636e-e0e8-49e4-8210-758ec59728a3][Zettelkasten]], [[id:24b5e144-dda4-482c-9684-958a00d6c986][Roam Research]], [[id:29ecbd86-ad97-4882-aa3f-56b5b90025d5][Digital gardens]], Cornell method, or the traditional [[id:d3fbdb1a-9629-45ef-9f08-32c6e49025bb][Linear notes]].
Another reason why you may want to do note-taking is to write all of the thoughts down so you don't have to remember.
You [[id:9a11ef31-b2a7-43a9-a7a9-48f191838c6e][Prefer referencing over remembering]].
You can [[id:810dc8b6-db64-4c80-a0aa-f9e6d5fa4acf][Create an inbox to store your thoughts]]: create [[id:3d1c0313-fa3d-4b18-b435-51d3837e3e2c][Fleeting notes]] as a mental scratchpad.