Daily Notes

Today's scratch pad for fragments - promote what repeats, let the rest fade.

Key Concept

• Fragments belong on today's scratch pad - not in a diary built to last.
• Level 1: Like when you scribble on today's sticky pad - only ideas that come back earn a real page in the notebook.
• Level 2: Quick toss-offs live on today's scratch page; by Friday most fade unless one line keeps showing up and gets promoted.
• Level 3: Fragments belong on today's scratch pad, not in a diary built to last - fleeting by default with quick buffer flushes between tasks.
• Level 4: Pocket slip for pick up shoes and call coach back - promote one line to a real note when it repeats three times.
• Level 5: Pairs with Capture on the inbox side - daily notes are buffer, not archive; permanent wikilinks earn their place only after repetition proves the idea survived the week.
• Fleeting by default, with quick buffer flushes between tasks.
• Promote a repeating fragment to a real note; let the rest fade.

Examples

• Today's pocket slip is just fragments - pick up basketball shoes, ice after practice, call coach back - I promote one line to a real note when it repeats.
• My work daily note today is three fragments - I almost filed the lunch idea as a permanent wiki page before remembering only repeats earn a real note; the rest fades by Friday.

Note Relationships