I’m beginning to think that complex note-taking systems that supposedly make you smarter actually do the opposite: they fog your thinking by shifting process and pattern recognition into overdrive

At the very least, I’m not sold on the value of complexity in note-taking

@baldur Same. FWIW, Dash/Plus grew out of the way I took notes already, putting a dash between each item and indenting things outline style that way.

I think any “system” that grows out of where you are, as opposed to something one adopts, will ultimately be the one that sticks.

@jasonekratz @patrickrhone This is exactly why despite there being endless workflows and methods to customize Bullet Journals, the best way is always to start with the defaults and build off that slowly over time, rather than forcing yourself into someone’s system you read online.

@patrickrhone been using this for over 10 years 😅