wiki/notebook/2020-06-25-12-37-23.org
Gabriel Arazas b088086b06 Merge evergreen notes into the notebook
Now, it's all under the notebook umbrella. Seems to be appropriate as it
is just my notes after all.

I also updated some notes from there. I didn't keep track of what it is
this time. Something about more learning notes extracted from my
"Learning how to learn" course notes and then some. Lack of time and
hurriness just makes it difficult to track but it should be under
version control already.
2021-07-21 16:28:07 +08:00

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Create an inbox to store your thoughts

While our brain is good at storing ideas, it has other things to worry about such as the random thoughts passing by each day, context switching from one task to another, and generating new ideas. A lot of the newer thoughts have more chance to be gone in a few hours. For this, you want to make a dedicated repository. The following list shows a few examples what you can store into dedicated inboxes.

Like our emails, our writing inbox should be cleaned up each time we visit our inbox. Not all of them are going to be important so feel free to remove entries that are not in need.

If you want to store an idea for an indefinite future (e.g., a project idea, future hobbies) that you cannot surely do now, you can then create a dedicated inbox. In practice, this is great as a starter point for Fleeting notes or a reading list to Maintain your own digital library.

Beware, this Advice shouldn't be taken literally. Not all thoughts are worthy of being noted, the same principle how some thoughts are not worthy to stay in your list. Don't get into the business of unnecessary note-taking of jotting every thoughts as Unnecessary optimizations cripple progress.