Second Brain

Active Knowledge Curation

Active Knowledge Curation

A folder of unread saves is not a garden - prune monthly and wire notes worth recommending.

Atomic Notes

Atomic Notes

One clear claim per note - split before the ands pile up.

Building a Personal API

Building a Personal API

Frontmatter and folders shaped so future you and scripts need no fresh briefing every time.

Building a Second Brain

Building a Second Brain

The head is for thinking, not storing - notes hold what would otherwise get lost.

Capture

Capture

Saves what resonates into one trusted inbox, then empties weekly.

Context-Aware Capture

Context-Aware Capture

A saved link is a mystery six weeks later unless the why is jotted while memory is fresh.

Creative Blocks

Creative Blocks

Thousands of notes and the page stays blank - one small ship action usually unsticks the work.

Creative Output

Creative Output

Notes are inventory for me - posts, sermons, code, and dinner experiments are the point.

Digital Garden

Digital Garden

My garden is where notes grow in public - linked, imperfect, alive on Hugo and Git.

Digital Serendipity

Digital Serendipity

Old notes surprise on schedule because links were made on purpose, not by luck.

Evergreen Notes

Evergreen Notes

Phrase ideas worth standing behind in two years and revise when reality shifts, not when a trend spikes.

GTD vs PARA

GTD vs PARA

GTD vs PARA runs tasks in one system and notes in another - cousins, not rivals.

Linking by Meaning

Linking by Meaning

Link notes so ideas meet in the graph without memorizing every folder path.

Maps of Content

Maps of Content

Hub notes get written by hand when one topic spreads across too many files to hold in memory.

PARA Method

PARA Method

PARA sorts notes into Projects, Areas, Resources, and Archives - four buckets by life responsibility, not topic soup.

Periodic Knowledge Review

Periodic Knowledge Review

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

PKM

PKM

PKM saves, organizes, and reuses what you learn - not a hobby of collecting apps.

Synthesis as a Goal

Synthesis as a Goal

Merge sources into what you believe and can defend - a quote pile is not the goal.

The Second Brain Workflow

The Second Brain Workflow

Capture to inbox, organize by project, distill on reuse, express weekly - CODE and PARA in one loop.

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