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created: 2024-02-20 11:14
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# Habits to apply while notetaking process

In order to provide high quality work we need to be organized to be able to _go with the flow_ and have the less friction posible. But we cannot afford to stop everything in our life to organize our stuff, we need to continue delivering and taking care of the next _"important stuff"_ one after the other.

For this, we can borrow the _"mise en place"_ techniques of chef's:

![Mise En Place](mise%20en%20place.md#^9aef88)

So, the following are habits to keep the [[second brain]] tied up while we are using it:

- [Project checklists](Project%20checklists.md)
- [Periodic reviews](Periodic%20reviews.md)
- Noticing other habits:
	- Noticing that an idea you have in mind could potentially be valuable and capturing it instead of thinking, “Oh, it’s nothing.”
	- Noticing when an idea you’re reading about resonates with you and taking those extra few seconds to highlight it.
	- Noticing that a note could use a better title—and changing it so it’s easier for your future self to find it.
	- Noticing you could move or link a note to another project or area where it will be more useful.
	- Noticing opportunities to combine two or more Intermediate Packets into a new, larger work so you don’t have to start it from scratch.
	- Noticing a chance to merge similar content from different notes into the same note so it’s not spread around too many places.
	- Noticing when an IP that you already have could help someone else solve a problem, and sharing it with them, even if it’s not perfect.

## Some things to keep in mind:

- **There’s no need to capture every idea**; the best ones will always come back around eventually.
- **There’s no need to clear your inbox frequently**; unlike your to-do list, there’s no negative consequence if you miss a given note.
- **There’s no need to review or summarize notes on a strict timeline**; we’re not trying to memorize their contents or keep them top of mind.
- When organizing notes or files within PARA, it’s a **very forgiving decision of where to put something**, since search is so effective as a backup option.