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"The temptation, particularly in a world of influencer media on note-taking, is to get a Big System to Lead You Right To The Big Connections in Your Thoughts. You don’t need that, you’ve got one sizzling away in your noggin, right now."

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Journal, highlight, revisit, blog

Writing from notes is a bootstrapping problem. Anything you can do to get started, overcome static friction, and “defeat” the first blank canvas is the best thing you can do. I started with journaling. Don’t worry about the quality or quantity — yet. Just write. Start with recollections of your day(s) and branch out from there. There is a trough of despair, at some point. It may feel like you’re just writing into a void.