The Zettelkasten - 50

February 2, 2021•88 words

I've been trying to learn the Zettelkasten note-taking system on and off for about a year now. Over the past few days, I've been reading the book How to Take Smart Notes by Sönke Ahrens, and I keep getting 'insight' and 'explanation' but no examples of how to actually use the system. It is the same with most online tutorials; they love to give me info about the system but not tell me how to use it.

One day, I swear. One day.

(Halfway through the challenge!)
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