The FUN and EFFICIENT note-taking system I use in my PhD

Summary

Este video presenta el método Zettelkasten, una técnica de gestión de conocimientos utilizada para tomar y almacenar notas de manera eficiente. Morgan, una candidata al doctorado en estudios teatrales y de rendimiento, comparte su experiencia al enfrentarse a la necesidad de adaptar su forma de tomar notas para su programa doctoral. El Zettelkasten, originalmente empleado por Niklas Luhmann, se ha modernizado con el uso de software como Obsidian, que facilita la conexión de ideas y la creación de un sistema interconectado de conocimiento. Morgan explica los cuatro principios fundamentales del método y cómo aplicarlos en Obsidian, mostrando cómo tomar notas, establecer conexiones y generar nuevas ideas a partir de su conocimiento acumulado.

Takeaways

• 🎓 Morgan es una candidata al doctorado en estudios teatrales y de rendimiento y encontró que su método de tomar notas de pregrado no era adecuado para su programa de doctorado.
• 📚 Morgan necesitaba una forma de almacenar grandes cantidades de información de manera accesible y conectada para escribir papers y su tesis.
• 🔍 Antes del doctorado, Morgan solo resaltaba citas y anotaba en los márgenes de los libros, lo que resultaba ineficaz al escribir papers.
• 🗂 El sistema de gestión del conocimiento que Morgan encontró y utiliza es el método Zettelkasten, originalmente utilizado por Nicholas Luman en la década de 1960.
• 💻 Morgan utiliza un software llamado Obsidian para gestionar su Zettelkasten, aunque hay muchas otras opciones disponibles.
• ✍️ Uno de los principios clave del método Zettelkasten es escribir todo el tiempo en sus propias palabras y en forma de párrafo.
• 🌐 Otro principio clave es que todo es conocimiento, y el sistema Zettelkasten no clasifica la información jerárquicamente.
• 🤔 El pensamiento es la unidad básica del conocimiento en este sistema, y las notas deben ser lo más irreducibles posible manteniendo un pensamiento completo.
• 🔗 La interconexión de los conocimientos es fundamental; cada vez que se almacena una nota, se deben considerar las conexiones con las ya existentes en el sistema.
• 🔍 Morgan muestra su proceso de uso del sistema Zettelkasten en Obsidian, desde tomar notas fugaces hasta convertirlas en notas permanentes y conectarlas con otras ideas.
• 🌟 Morgan enfatiza la importancia de confiar en el sistema Zettelkasten y de hacer conexiones entre las notas, lo que aumenta su valor y utilidad para proyectos de escritura futuros.

Q & A

¿Qué método de toma de notas se discute en el video?

El método de toma de notas discutido en el video es el Zettelkasten, una técnica originalmente utilizada por Niklas Luhmann en la década de 1960.

¿Por qué Morgan cambió su forma de tomar notas al comenzar su programa de doctorado?

Morgan cambió su forma de tomar notas porque se dio cuenta de que las técnicas que usaba durante su pregrado no eran adecuadas para manejar la gran cantidad de información en su programa de doctorado.

¿Cuál es el propósito principal del método Zettelkasten según Morgan?

El propósito principal del método Zettelkasten es almacenar grandes volúmenes de información de manera que sea fácilmente accesible en una fecha posterior y esté interconectada con todo su conocimiento para facilitar conexiones sorprendentes y pensamiento crítico.

¿Qué software utiliza Morgan para su sistema Zettelkasten?

Morgan utiliza un software llamado Obsidian para su sistema Zettelkasten, aunque menciona que hay muchas otras opciones disponibles.

¿Cuáles son los cuatro principios básicos que Morgan sugiere seguir al configurar un sistema Zettelkasten?

Los cuatro principios básicos son: escribir todo el tiempo en sus propias palabras, considerar que todo es conocimiento, pensar en la unidad básica del conocimiento como la idea, y entender que el conocimiento está interconectado.

¿Qué es un 'note' en el sistema Zettelkasten y cómo se relaciona con otros 'notes'?

Un 'note' en el sistema Zettelkasten es una nota que expresa una sola idea reducida al máximo posible. Cada 'note' se relaciona con otros 'notes' a través de conexiones que se establecen para formar una red de pensamientos interconectados.

¿Cómo Morgan toma sus 'fleeting notes' mientras lee un libro?

Morgan toma 'fleeting notes' utilizando pegapegs para marcar momentos que desea recordar del libro, y utiliza pegapegs más grandes para escribir pensamientos que tiene en ese momento.

¿Cómo Morgan convierte sus 'fleeting notes' en 'permanent notes' en Obsidian?

Morgan convierte sus 'fleeting notes' en 'permanent notes' escribiendo las ideas en sus propias palabras en forma de párrafo y creando un nuevo 'note' en Obsidian para cada idea reducida.

¿Qué es una 'bibliographic note' y cómo se utiliza en el sistema Zettelkasten de Morgan?

Una 'bibliographic note' es una nota que Morgan crea para cada libro, incluyendo el título, la cita MLA y enlaces a otras notas relevantes. Sirve como referencia directa y ayuda a mantener organizados los recursos utilizados.

¿Cómo Morgan establece conexiones entre sus 'notes' en Obsidian?

Morgan establece conexiones entre sus 'notes' en Obsidian creando enlaces (links) entre ellas. Al hacer clic en estos enlaces, puede navegar entre las ideas y conceptos relacionados.

¿Qué es la vista de grafo en Obsidian y cómo ayuda a Morgan a visualizar sus conexiones de conocimiento?

La vista de grafo en Obsidian es una herramienta que muestra visualmente todas las conexiones entre las 'notes'. Morgan utiliza esta vista para ver la red de pensamientos interconectados y para identificar áreas donde puede hacer más conexiones.

¿Qué es el quinto principio que Morgan añade al final del video sobre el sistema Zettelkasten?

El quinto principio que Morgan añade es 'confiar en el sistema'. Según Morgan, cuanto más se utiliza el sistema Zettelkasten, más valioso se vuelve y más fácil resulta generar ideas y comenzar proyectos de escritura.

Outlines

00:00

🎓 La importancia de la organización del conocimiento en el estudio avanzado

Morgan, una candidata al doctorado en estudios teatrales y de actuación, enfrenta el desafío de adaptarse a un nuevo nivel académico que requiere una forma más eficiente de tomar notas. Se da cuenta de que su método de anotación de la universidad no es suficiente para su programa de doctorado, donde es necesario almacenar grandes volúmenes de información de manera accesible y conectada para facilitar la escritura de papers y su tesis. Comienza a investigar métodos de anotación que puedan satisfacer estas necesidades, y descubre el sistema Zettelkasten, utilizado por Nicholas Luhmann en la década de 1960, que se adapta perfectamente a su búsqueda de una forma lógica y estructurada de organización del conocimiento.

05:02

📚 Introducción al método Zettelkasten y su implementación en software

El método Zettelkasten se presenta como una solución para la gestión del conocimiento, permitiendo a Morgan y a otros estudiantes tomar notas de manera interconectada y accesible. Morgan utiliza un software llamado Obsidian, aunque reconoce que hay otras opciones disponibles. Este sistema no solo facilita la organización de pensamientos y conceptos, sino que también los hace más divertidos y eficientes de manejar, lo cual es especialmente útil para el proceso creativo y crítico en la redacción de trabajos académicos. Antes de mostrar su propio uso del sistema, Morgan comparte cuatro principios fundamentales que deben ser tenidos en cuenta al establecer un sistema Zettelkasten: escribir constantemente en palabras propias, considerar todo conocimiento valioso, pensar en términos de unidades de pensamiento y conectar estas unidades entre sí.

10:02

📝 Proceso de toma de notas con el método Zettelkasten en Obsidian

Morgan detalla el proceso de toma de notas en su sistema Zettelkasten, comenzando con notas efímeras, que son ideas y pensamientos que surgen durante el día y que se anotan rápidamente en algún lugar, como un cuaderno o un memo de audio. Luego, se pasan a notas permanentes, que son ideas redactadas en su propia palabra y en forma de párrafo, reduciendo la idea a su forma más básica y aún así completa. Morgan muestra cómo usa Obsidian para convertir estas notas efímeras en permanentes, creando notas bibliográficas con citas MLA y vinculándolas a otras notas relevantes en su sistema. El proceso incluye la creación de notas con títulos únicos que representan una sola idea y la conexión de estas notas con otras ideas existentes en su sistema para facilitar la generación de nuevos pensamientos y la escritura de proyectos académicos.

15:02

🔗 La conexión entre las notas y la confianza en el sistema Zettelkasten

Morgan enfatiza la importancia de conectar las notas entre sí en el sistema Zettelkasten, ya que esto es lo que realmente potencia el sistema y lo hace más valioso a medida que se toma más notas y se establecen más conexiones. En Obsidian, esta conexión se visualiza en forma de gráfico, mostrando una red de pensamientos interconectados. Morgan menciona que la escritura de un ensayo se convierte en un proceso más sencillo ya que las ideas están organizadas y conectadas previamente, lo que permite una mayor fluidez en la redacción. Finalmente, Morgan aporta un quinto principio: confiar en el sistema. El éxito del Zettelkasten depende de la cantidad y calidad de las conexiones establecidas, y Morgan alienta a los espectadores a experimentar con el sistema y a ver sus propios resultados.

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Keywords

💡Zettelkasten

El Zettelkasten es un sistema de gestión del conocimiento desarrollado por el académico alemán Niklas Luhmann en la década de 1960. Se trata de un método de toma de notas que permite almacenar grandes cantidades de información de manera interconectada, lo cual es fundamental para la creación de conexiones entre ideas y el desarrollo del pensamiento crítico y creativo. En el script, Morgan menciona que utiliza el Zettelkasten para tomar notas y conectar pensamientos mientras lee un libro, como 'Punished by Rewards' de Alfie Kohn.

💡Obsidian

Obsidian es un software de gestión del conocimiento que permite crear y conectar notas de manera eficiente. Es una herramienta que Morgan utiliza para implementar su sistema Zettelkasten digitalmente. En el script, se describe cómo Morgan organiza sus notas bibliográficas y las conecta con otras ideas en Obsidian, lo que facilita la escritura de ensayos y la gestión de su conocimiento.

💡Toma de notas

La toma de notas es una práctica clave en el proceso de aprendizaje y escritura. En el video, Morgan destaca la importancia de tomar notas en sus propias palabras y de manera interconectada para facilitar el acceso y la organización de la información. Ejemplos de esto incluyen la conversión de notas marginales y resaltados en un libro en notas permanentes en su sistema Zettelkasten.

💡Conexión de conocimientos

La conexión de conocimientos es el proceso de enlazar diferentes ideas y conceptos para formar una red de pensamiento interconectado. Morgan enfatiza la importancia de conectar cada nueva nota con otras ya existentes en su sistema Zettelkasten, como se ve en el script cuando conecta la idea de 'calificaciones limitando la independencia del pensamiento estudiantil' con otras notas relacionadas.

💡Pensamiento crítico y creativo

El pensamiento crítico y creativo es la capacidad de analizar, evaluar y generar nuevas ideas de manera original. En el video, Morgan busca que su sistema de notas apoyue el desarrollo de este tipo de pensamiento al permitir conexiones inesperadas entre sus ideas, lo cual es esencial para la redacción de sus trabajos académicos y su tesis.

💡Fleeting Notes

Las 'Fleeting Notes' son notas efímeras que se toman para capturar pensamientos y ideas que surgen durante el día. Morgan menciona que estas notas son el primer paso en su proceso de toma de notas, y que más tarde se transforman en 'Permanent Notes', es decir, en notas más detalladas y permanentes en su sistema Zettelkasten.

💡Bibliografía

La bibliografía es una lista de las fuentes consultadas en un trabajo académico. En el script, Morgan crea una nota bibliográfica para el libro 'Punished by Rewards', donde incluye la cita MLA y la liga a otras notas relacionadas con el libro, lo que demuestra cómo su sistema Zettelkasten puede ser útil para la organización de referencias.

💡Interconexión de ideas

La interconexión de ideas es un principio fundamental del sistema Zettelkasten que permite la creación de una red de pensamientos relacionados. Morgan utiliza esta técnica para conectar sus notas con otras que ya existan en su sistema, como se muestra cuando vincula la idea de Alfie Kohn sobre las calificaciones con la de 'estudiantes como actores en el mundo'.

💡Eficacia en la escritura

La eficacia en la escritura se refiere a la capacidad de producir texto de calidad de manera eficiente. Morgan explica cómo el sistema Zettelkasten mejora la eficacia en la escritura al permitirle acceder y combinar rápidamente sus ideas y pensamientos previamente conectados,简化 el proceso de redacción de ensayos y tesis.

💡Confianza en el sistema

La confianza en el sistema es la creencia en la efectividad y valía de un método o proceso. Morgan enfatiza la importancia de confiar en el sistema Zettelkasten, ya que a medida que se toman más notas y se establecen más conexiones, el sistema se vuelve más valioso y efectivo para la generación de ideas y la escritura de proyectos.

Highlights

Morgan is a fifth-year PhD candidate in theater and performance studies.

Morgan needed a note-taking method to store and access large amounts of interconnected information for academic writing.

The Zettelkasten method, used by Nicholas Luman in the 1960s, was found to be effective for Morgan's needs.

Zettelkasten is facilitated by software like Obsidian, which helps in connecting thoughts and notes.

Four core principles for setting up a Zettelkasten system are outlined: writing all the time, considering everything as knowledge, making thoughts the basic unit, and ensuring knowledge is interconnected.

Morgan uses the Zettelkasten method to make note-taking and learning fun and efficient.

Fleeting notes capture immediate thoughts and ideas, which are later transformed into permanent notes.

Permanent notes are written in paragraph form in one's own words, making them irreducible and complete thoughts.

Obsidian allows for the creation of bibliographic notes and linking them to sources for easy citation.

Morgan demonstrates how to turn quotes from a book into notes in Obsidian, emphasizing writing in one's own words.

Naming notes after a single idea helps in creating unique identifiers and organizing the Zettelkasten.

Connections between notes are crucial, as they form the network of knowledge in the Zettelkasten system.

Obsidian's graph view illustrates the interconnectedness of notes, showcasing the power of the Zettelkasten system.

The Zettelkasten system enhances productivity and makes writing academic papers more manageable.

Morgan encourages trusting the Zettelkasten system for effective knowledge management and academic writing.

An additional fifth principle is suggested: trust the system for the best results in knowledge management.

Transcripts

hello my name is morgan and i am a fifth

year phd candidate in theater and

performance studies and when i started

my phd program i quickly realized that

the way i was taking notes in undergrad

just wasn't going to cut it for this new

program so i started looking into

different methods of note-taking that

might help me out in my phd and

specifically what i needed was a way to

store huge amounts of information so

that it was easily accessible at a later

date when i needed it to write a paper

and preferably all of that information

would be

fully interconnected with all of my

other knowledge so that i can make

surprising connections between my

thoughts and turn them into creative and

critical thinking within my papers and

especially within my dissertation but

that is kind of a big ask for a

note-taking method to do and what i was

doing in my undergrad was just

highlighting quotes in books and writing

in the margins and i would take notes on

notebooks and yes i would organize those

notes kind of with a table of contents

marking where each thing was in each

book but then when i actually went to

write a paper i would have like a stack

of five notebooks i would have to be

flipping through to see if i had written

down the thought that i wanted to use

for that paper but i couldn't even fully

remember when and where i learned that

thought and the only organizational

method was when and where i learned that

thought because you know it was

organized by the courses i was taking

not by logically where that information

belongs in my brain so i i had a bit of

a problem

and whenever i went onto youtube say to

look for a tutorial on how to take

better notes it wouldn't be a holistic

system of how to like store and organize

those notes and i now realize the piece

that i was missing was a knowledge

management system and i am so happy to

tell you that i have found a method that

works for me and i hope it will work for

you too because it is the method i'm

going to be sharing in this video the

system i'm going to be teaching you

today and then walking you through how i

use it is called the zettelkasten method

and this was originally used by nicholas

lumen in the 1960s and we are at an even

greater advantage than lumen was because

we have computers and there are so many

softwares online that you can download

to your computer and do all of the work

of connecting your thought for you

personally the software i use is called

obsidian but there's many other choices

out there so find one that works for you

i think that the settle casting makes

taking and storing notes and learning

things actually like fun and efficient

and

almost easy dare i say it yes it still

takes work but the effectiveness of this

system just makes it so much fun to keep

using the system because like you can

feel the productivity oozing out of you

before i show you the way that i use

this system for myself though i want to

give you some core principles to think

about when you're taking notes because

this system is totally malleable to suit

your needs so your system is not going

to look exactly like my system but there

are four core principles that you should

keep in mind and aim to adhere to when

you are setting up your settle casting

system so the first principle is

write all the time whenever you can

write in your own words that's how notes

are going to be stored in this system is

paragraph form writing in your own words

you can take those notes any way you

want you can even audio record those

notes if you want but the point is if

you don't write it down or speak it into

a microphone or something then you're

going to lose that knowledge in the

recesses of your brain the second core

principle you should remember is that

everything is knowledge it's not just

what is in your school books and what

your teacher says that is valuable

information it's everything you

encounter like your experiences or your

memories or your shower thoughts etc the

zettlecaston system is a

non-hierarchical way of organizing your

knowledge so it doesn't think one bit of

information is more valuable or

inherently better than any other piece

of information and you should make your

brain operate the same way the third

core principle

is that thought is the basic unit of

knowledge in this system so when you do

take a note you should think about how

to make it as irreducible as possible

and yet still one complete thought

that's going to make more sense later

but that principle is there so that you

can adhere to the fourth principle which

is your knowledge is interconnected

every time you store a note you should

be asking yourself how does this connect

to something that is already in my

subtle casten system and what do i

already know that connects back to this

your knowledge is just a network of

interconnected thoughts the power of

this system comes in the quantity and

quality of the connections between your

thoughts so now that you've got those

core principles in your head i am going

to walk you through how i use my

zettlecaston system in the obsidian

software to take notes and capture my

knowledge and connect between all of the

thought in my brain and also how to use

that to create new thought and then

create writing products based on that

thought the very first step that i take

is to make fleeting notes and this is

just how you capture bits of knowledge

and information and ideas and thought

that occurs to you over the course of

your day this can be anything it can be

a thought that popped into your head

while you're taking a walk and so you

write it down on a little notepad or

take an audio memo or it can be your

notes from lecture in my case for this

video

i am going to show you how i take notes

on a book specifically alfie cone's book

punished by rewards while i am reading a

book i actually don't physically write

out notes in my own words because i want

to be immersed in the ideas of the book

i don't want that disrupting my reading

experience so instead

i

tab up the book with little sticky notes

that are highlighting moments i want to

remember from this book because i think

i'm going to turn it into a note later

and then if there's something that just

highlighting it wouldn't suffice for the

thought that was going through my brain

i will put a larger sticky note on that

page and i will write down the thought

that i was having at that moment really

the important thing when reading a book

and taking notes is to remember the

thought you were having and why you

wanted to maybe save that idea but also

to note down where you found that idea

so that you can cite it and find it

later so for me that's easy because i've

literally put sticky notes on the page

and location where i found it but if

you're taking notes off of the book then

you'll want to write down the page

number so the second step is to take

permanent notes based on your fleeting

notes this is when you actually write

down the ideas in your own words in

paragraph form and make that idea as

irreducible as possible so once i've

tabbed up a book or just a chapter of a

book i will go through each sticky note

and i'll ask myself is this an important

enough thing that i want to write a note

about it and if it is then i'll write

the note and i'll take the sticky note

out that's especially good for library

books because i have to return this to

the library so i can't be writing in the

margins you can always write out all

your notes and then divide them up into

bite-sized thought bits later and

writing the note can be done on paper

and then transcribed into obsidian or

you can type it directly into obsidian

if you'd like

it's all totally up to you you don't

even have to use a computer ever if you

don't want to in fact nicholas lumens

subtle casting system was in a series of

slip boxes so he would write out his

note on a little cue card and he would

give it a unique identifier and then he

would slot it in his box after a

corresponding note and then he would

literally write out connections to other

little pieces of paper that were in his

boxes with their unique identifiers so

he knew where to look that seems awfully

laborious to me in an age where we do

have computers but it's up to you

let's head into my obsidian now to check

out what my subtle casting looks like so

welcome to my desktop and welcome to my

obsidian folder this is a folder that is

just housed on my computer and inside of

the folder are markdown files which is

like just a basic text file so at any

point in time i can grab any of my notes

and

print them or print my entire note

system if i want to i also have a backup

of this folder in my google drive so

that i never lose my subtle cast in

system and i will include a link in the

description where you can download

obsidian for yourself so how do i turn

my fleeting notes that i took while

reading alfie cone's book punished by

rewards and turn them into permanent

notes when you enter obsidian you can

see on the left hand side these are all

of the notes that i've taken and on the

right hand side this is where all of the

backlinks will be because obsidian helps

you connect between your notes and

creates little links so you can just

like click between all of the thoughts

that you have the first thing i do when

i want to

put a source like a book into my

obsidian is i create a note for the book

i title all of my bibliographic notes

after the last name of the author and

the date when the book was published and

then i put my mla citation right at the

top there personally because i know what

i'm going to be using these notes for

it's going to be to write papers or blog

posts or etc in the future and then

i put my first link in here and i want

to link this book to another note called

bibliography and if i control click into

that note it's just a blank note but you

can see here on the right hand side are

all of the sources that i have

referenced within my obsidian subtle

casting system so let's go back where's

the case to

this book that we're talking about today

now i go about

opening my book and turning to the first

sticky that i have in here and the first

sticky was for this quote

so i write the quote in there but of

course this quote is not in my own words

and what's the first principle of this

system it's writing in your own words is

the only thing that matters so i'm gonna

go

and turn this into

my own words there it is i now have a

note my note says

while university should be a place where

students discover who they are and what

they are interested in oftentimes they

are instead performing for their

professors to get the grade so they turn

into the people they think their

professors want them to be instead of

creative critical thinkers in their own

right in this way and then i link i'm

going to link the book because this is

actually going to be its own separate

note from the bibliographic note so i'm

i'm actually linking to this book so

that i know where it came from directly

so cohn 1993 writes grades reduce a

student's sense of control over his own

fate and can induce a blind conformity

to others wishes and then i put the page

number so that i know where i got this

from and i don't even have to reference

the book again the next time i want to

use this in a piece of writing so that's

my entire note

and then i ask myself what is this note

about because it needs a name i'm going

to create a new note

the way in obsidian you create new notes

is you go

double square bracket and then you put

the name of the note in there so

what is this note about i think the

thesis of this note is something like

grades inhibit students from becoming

independent thinkers i'm going to write

that down

the reason this is kind of grayed out

right now is because i haven't actually

turned it into a note so i'm going to

take my writing there

get it out of the bibliographic note

and put it into

this note and there we go

there's my note it's written in my own

words it's really small it expresses a

single idea and i've actually named the

note after that single idea you don't

have to name it after the idea that's

just what i do you can use like a time

date stamp as long as all of the names

of your notes are unique identifiers so

you're not pointing to multiple places

at once and then if we look at the right

hand side you can see that there's one

other note that has reference to this

note and it's just the bibliographic

note but that's not enough that's not a

good enough connection just the book it

came from that's not connecting to my

other knowledge so i'm gonna think to

myself what other ideas might this be

related to and i actually took a note

the other day about how students are

actors in the world

in their own right and that's kind of

related to this let's find that note uh

students students are actors in the

world there it is

i think the direct connection that i

want to make is that it is important

that students make their own choices in

school because students are actors in

the world so if they're just making

decisions based on what they think their

professors want then that's the

professor getting to act in the world

through the student that students are

real people

and what they do in school matters in

the real world so

now i have a direct connection to this

other idea from a different book let's

click on it

students are actors in the world

okay this is actually an idea

that i found in a book

by eternity mardis that was published in

2020

and it was an idea found on page 25. she

also points out that students get

absolved of faults because university

isn't the real world

so i can see there's also a direct

connection to these other ideas and then

on the right hand side i can see oh my

goodness there are even more notes that

connect to this idea that students are

actors in the real world so maybe i'm

writing a paper about this idea and i

need i need more things like um

how there are consequences to dismissing

the ideas of students as

not real because it's part of school so

i'm gonna click into that note because

it's clearly relevant and that's related

to this other text that i haven't made a

link to yet but i should

oh it's connected the idea that student

youth aren't taken seriously etc etc

let's go back to our main note that

we're working with personally within my

bibliographic note i keep all of the

notes that

are connected to it i will go through

the entire book looking at every single

sticky that i stuck in there and turning

it into notes within this document

sometimes i will stick all of my quotes

and notes into this document and then

slowly turn them into their separate

notes and then go to the process of

connecting those things or you can do it

one by one like i just showed you now

sometimes i will spend entire sessions

in my zettlecaston system just making

connections between notes that haven't

been connected yet the last thing that

i'll show you in obsidian which is just

kind of a cool thing i think is

the graph view you can see there's so

many connections that i'm making between

so much thought it's all interconnected

and it looks like a mess when you look

at this network and these nodes

in this graph view and it is a bit of a

mess and that's what makes it so hard to

write things and remember things without

a system like zettelkasten helping you

out because all of the connections

between everything that i know are

already made so when i go to write an

essay on anything i've already written

down that thought and i've already

connected that thought to 20 other

thoughts and i can just pull those notes

out of my subtle casting they're written

in my own words already and i can plop

them into an essay and just put them in

an order that makes sense to me then all

i have to do is the work of connecting

those thoughts and making the paper flow

but the writing's already been done the

writing's been happening throughout all

of my classes and all of my readings all

of the time i think the only thing i

want to leave you with now is one last

fifth principle that i'm going to tack

on here at the end and that is to trust

the system if you just take one note in

your zettle castan nothing magical will

happen it is in the number and quality

of connections that your settle cast in

is going to work for you and that's one

of the big draws for me for zettelkasten

as opposed to notebooks because the more

notes you take in a notebook the more

chaotic everything becomes and the less

useful because the more notebooks you

have to shuffle through to find your

thoughts

but in settle castin the more notes you

take and the more connections you make

between those notes the more valuable

your zettlecaston gets and the easier it

is to come up with ideas for writing

projects and actually start writing the

projects so i hope this video has been

useful to you i'm sure that i will be

making more videos on this topic if

there's anything you specifically want

to ask or want me to make a video about

let me know and i will make it happen i

will also be putting links in the

description box below to where you can

download obsidian as well as external

information from other people that i

think have done a good job explaining

how to use the settle casting as always

you can give me a comment to let me know

what you are thinking about ask any

questions tell me how you currently take

notes whether you think that you want to

switch to the zettlecaston system thank

you for watching everybody i hope that

you took some fleeting notes during this

video that you are now going to turn

into permanent notes in your own

zettlecaston system and connect them to

all of your other knowledges if you want

more content like this i mostly talk

about books that i'm reading but i am

also going to start doing more teaching

and learning and knowledge management

style videos so if you're interested in

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another video soon