How to Turn Reviewing Your Notes into a Habit You Actually Enjoy
4 Simple Strategies to Finally Review Your Notes Consistently
I’ve always been the kind of person who has taken a lot of notes.
Up until a few years ago I hardly ever reviewed those notes again.
And I’m not the kind of person now who religiously reviews every single note and carefully organises them away in my knowledge systems.
But I do enjoy the process of reviewing my notes these days and it comes down to four key principles I’ve developed. I think they’ll be helpful if you also struggle to review your notes on a regular basis:
Principle 1: Make It Easy To Review Your Notes
One of my biggest productivity, motivation, get shit done hacks is to make everything feel easy.
When things are easy you don’t need motivation or discipline.
So to make the process easy I make sure that all of my notes are in one place and easy to access. This means I’m not wasting time collecting notes from all sorts of places. Instead I just open my spark file and get into my review process anytime.
To make this happen I worked to build a simple capture system:
