Periodic Knowledge Review

Notes rot without revisit - calendar weekly and quarterly passes like bills.

Key Concept

• Crisis review is always too late.
• Level 1: Review your notes on a schedule - like checking your backpack every Friday instead of waiting until the night before a big test.
• Level 2: Periodic knowledge review means calendar review, not panic when something breaks.
• Level 3: Crisis review is always too late - scheduled passes prune stale links and refresh what you actually use.
• Level 4: Block a recurring slot to walk the garden - orphans and drift compound when review waits for embarrassment.
• Level 5: Maintenance Window and Active Knowledge Curation are the same rhythm - Spaced Repetition handles cards; periodic review handles the graph.
• I calendar weekly and quarterly passes the way I would calendar bills - inbox, active projects, evergreens on the clock, not when guilt spikes.
• If I never revisit notes, they rot.

Examples

• First Sunday I reconcile the budget - not only when the card gets declined mid-commute.
• The clinic reviews charts every Friday at four - not only when a complaint lands.

Note Relationships