up:: [[LYT Kit]] tags:: #on/PKM # On the process of note-making Note-making is a process for: 1. idea creation and connection 2. the strengthening of note retrieval 3. the clever use of spaced repetition Can I share with you the basic process? Here's a step-by-step walkthrough of note-making. ## A note-making walkthrough - I pulled in this old note from my pre-Obsidian zettelkasten. - [[2015-02-20 Habit Concepts and Theory]] - It's rough and less useful than it could be. - I made a new note to work in, and eventually it became this: - [[The neural formation of habits is additive - v1]] - Now I have an evergreen note. - Can you see why the second note is so much more valuable? - Because now I can return to this note and add more valuable to it over time. - That's what I did. A few days later, I returned to that note and developed it further: - [[The neural formation of habits is additive]] - "Wait a second!" You say. "Where did most of it go?" - That's the beauty. Through the *note-making* process, I realized my note was actually trying to say multiple things. - And since I wanted to be able to link to each idea separately, I made them into separate notes. Here's the other one: - [[The truest habit metaphors are additive]] - But wait there's more! - This process actually encouraged me to generate new ideas. - It also encouraged me to link these ideas to other ideas. (This is crazy powerful). - Suddenly, I couldn't believe what I put together: - [[Habit formation provides an evolutionary advantage]] - [[Habits carry a ton of hidden inertia]] - Those are powerful notes! - Creating one living note oftentimes spawns new insights for more living notes. - And that's the power of making living notes in the process known as **note-making**. Boom! That's it. --- ## Evergreen notes lead to MOCs But that's seriously just the beginning, because now I want to introduce you to the most revolutionary thinking tool in the "*age of the linked note*"! What am I even talking about here? I'm talking about **Maps of Content**—also known as MOCs. You simple must go through the [[The 3 Phases of MOCs]] to learn more about how to enhance your *note-making* using MOCs. Before you click that link though, let's finish the big picture. Do you see at the top of this note, how I have a link "up" to the [[LYT Kit]]? There is something powerful in linking your notes together. It allows you lightning fast navigation—especially back to your Home note. In this case, it's simple: - This note, [[On the process of note-making]] - ...leads back to [[LYT Kit]]... - ...which leads back to the [[Home]] note! That means I've created a star map where I can make hyperspace jumps between different levels of "Idea Emergence" in just a few clicks. Pretty awesome in my opinion. --- Next, learn about MOCs in [[The 3 Phases of MOCs]].