💎 Permanent Notes
Zettelkasten Method

Zettelkasten - How to use it?

This is Xinyun's personal knowledge base. I use it to store my notes, ideas, and resources publicly.

  • 01-Fleeting notes
    • Fleeting notes are temporary reminders of ideas.
  • 02-Literature notes
    • fleeting notes and pick out the ideas that you really want to keep
    • One idea per note
    • One Source
  • 03-Permanent notes/Summary notes
    • Multiple sources
  • 04-Index notes
    • a cluster of related permanent notes
    • outline for an article
  • 05-Keyword notes
    • with tag
    • table of contents for a book or entry

Structure logics

  • Folders are named in PARA (opens in a new tab) format - optimizing for
    • P - near-term projects I want to do (Deadline)
    • A - standards I want to upkeep
    • R - resources for stuff I like
    • Z - Draft to clean up
    • Archive - for misc past junk I don't see myself needing any more
  • STAR Method (Situation, Task, Action, and Result) #goal
  • OKR methodology (Objectives and Key Results) #goal