Zettelkasten: Note-taking & the UNIX Philosophy

hello my name is Misha I'm a devops hello my name is Misha I'm a devops engineer from the Netherlands and a engineer from the Netherlands and a engineer from the Netherlands and a master of not taking and in this video I master of not taking and in this video I master of not taking and in this video I want to go into the modular nature of want to go into the modular nature of want to go into the modular nature of settle cast method and this is part of settle cast method and this is part of settle cast method and this is part of the question that I'm trying to answer the question that I'm trying to answer the question that I'm trying to answer and how the settle cast method actually and how the settle cast method actually and how the settle cast method actually makes one so productive so like we makes one so productive so like we makes one so productive so like we established last week Lumen was one of established last week Lumen was one of established last week Lumen was one of the most prolific scholars in the in the most prolific scholars in the in the most prolific scholars in the in history and he credited his tcast and history and he credited his tcast and history and he credited his tcast and with his productivity so how does that with his productivity so how does that with his productivity so how does that actually work why does a settle cast actually work why does a settle cast actually work why does a settle cast make you productive and how can a settle make you productive and how can a settle make you productive and how can a settle cast assist you in your cast assist you in your cast assist you in your life one key aspect of this is the life one key aspect of this is the life one key aspect of this is the modular nature of these modular nature of these modular nature of these notes so as we spoke about last notes so as we spoke about last notes so as we spoke about last week every note in the settle week every note in the settle week every note in the settle cast contains one idea cast contains one idea cast contains one idea and this is very often referred to as and this is very often referred to as and this is very often referred to as atomic notes you will have heard this atomic notes you will have heard this atomic notes you will have heard this term probably and I I don't know why but term probably and I I don't know why but term probably and I I don't know why but I never like that term Atomic notes so I I never like that term Atomic notes so I I never like that term Atomic notes so I have started to phrase it have started to phrase it have started to phrase it as modular notes or a modular approach as modular notes or a modular approach as modular notes or a modular approach to note taking where each note is a to note taking where each note is a to note taking where each note is a module module module each note contains a single idea or

each note contains a single idea or each note contains a single idea or concept written in your own concept written in your own concept written in your own words becoming a words becoming a words becoming a self-contained unit of self-contained unit of self-contained unit of knowledge so each knowledge so each knowledge so each note makes perfect sense in and of note makes perfect sense in and of note makes perfect sense in and of itself so when you see your note in your itself so when you see your note in your itself so when you see your note in your system it should make sense by itself system it should make sense by itself system it should make sense by itself because it just presents one idea because it just presents one idea because it just presents one idea clearly and and well thought through and clearly and and well thought through and clearly and and well thought through and I'm going to go deeper into this later I'm going to go deeper into this later I'm going to go deeper into this later in the video but the point here is that in the video but the point here is that in the video but the point here is that you spend quality time with the note and you spend quality time with the note and you spend quality time with the note and craft it carefully put effort into it so craft it carefully put effort into it so craft it carefully put effort into it so that it becomes an independent that it becomes an independent that it becomes an independent self-contained unit of knowledge that self-contained unit of knowledge that self-contained unit of knowledge that can function independently and interestingly this has independently and interestingly this has parallels with software engineering parallels with software engineering parallels with software engineering principles or or computer science principles or or computer science principles or or computer science principles one of them is the principle principles one of them is the principle principles one of them is the principle in clean in clean in clean code which I am currently exploring and in here he says functions exploring and in here he says functions should do one thing and they should do should do one thing and they should do should do one thing and they should do it well they should do it it well they should do it it well they should do it only and of course clean code is full of only and of course clean code is full of only and of course clean code is full of controversy and and all of that but I do controversy and and all of that but I do controversy and and all of that but I do think it is an interesting parallel to think it is an interesting parallel to think it is an interesting parallel to draw here where he states that functions

draw here where he states that functions draw here where he states that functions should do one thing and this also instantly reminded thing and this also instantly reminded me of the Unix philosophy which states that programs philosophy which states that programs should do one thing and they should do should do one thing and they should do should do one thing and they should do it it it well and I really like that approach well and I really like that approach well and I really like that approach towards software engineering I really towards software engineering I really towards software engineering I really like that idea that functions should do like that idea that functions should do like that idea that functions should do one thing and that they should do it one thing and that they should do it one thing and that they should do it well and you can take this very well and you can take this very well and you can take this very literally and I've Speak heard other literally and I've Speak heard other literally and I've Speak heard other people speak about a function should people speak about a function should people speak about a function should handle one concept I think that's a very handle one concept I think that's a very handle one concept I think that's a very good good approach to it too but the good good approach to it too but the good good approach to it too but the idea is that the each idea is that the each idea is that the each unit shouldn't do a thousand different unit shouldn't do a thousand different unit shouldn't do a thousand different things it should just focus on one thing things it should just focus on one thing things it should just focus on one thing and do it well and I think the same and do it well and I think the same and do it well and I think the same parallel can be drawn towards notes in parallel can be drawn towards notes in parallel can be drawn towards notes in the settle Casas where each note has one the settle Casas where each note has one the settle Casas where each note has one idea it it it goes into it concisely and idea it it it goes into it concisely and idea it it it goes into it concisely and deeply and it is in um it can function deeply and it is in um it can function deeply and it is in um it can function independently meaning that it is independently meaning that it is independently meaning that it is written as if ready for written as if ready for written as if ready for publication so I realized that not publication so I realized that not publication so I realized that not everybody everybody everybody in in in my in my audience is going to be my in my audience is going to be my in my audience is going to be blogging or writing on social media and

blogging or writing on social media and blogging or writing on social media and you don't have to but I am a blogger and you don't have to but I am a blogger and you don't have to but I am a blogger and I use my note taking system as a way to I use my note taking system as a way to I use my note taking system as a way to generate output as a way to create generate output as a way to create generate output as a way to create content and I take good care into content and I take good care into content and I take good care into writing each note as if it's ready to go writing each note as if it's ready to go writing each note as if it's ready to go on my blog so when the time comes to on my blog so when the time comes to on my blog so when the time comes to write a blog post I can just pull in my write a blog post I can just pull in my write a blog post I can just pull in my notes notes notes and I don't have to do much editing in and I don't have to do much editing in and I don't have to do much editing in order to make these notes presentable order to make these notes presentable order to make these notes presentable this forces me to think deeply about the this forces me to think deeply about the this forces me to think deeply about the material to write clearly concisely and material to write clearly concisely and material to write clearly concisely and to write well but this also makes it so to write well but this also makes it so to write well but this also makes it so that the node can function independently that the node can function independently that the node can function independently because it focuses on one thing and it because it focuses on one thing and it because it focuses on one thing and it does it well so I thought that was an does it well so I thought that was an does it well so I thought that was an interesting parallel interesting parallel interesting parallel here and what this allows when your here and what this allows when your here and what this allows when your notes be can operate independently notes be can operate independently notes be can operate independently it allows it allows it allows flexibility and flexibility and flexibility and reusability you can reusability you can reusability you can recycle your writing you can recycle recycle your writing you can recycle recycle your writing you can recycle your your your notes your notes become independent notes your notes become independent notes your notes become independent building blocks so when you have an building blocks so when you have an building blocks so when you have an argument it's built up of several argument it's built up of several argument it's built up of several elements and each note can become one elements and each note can become one elements and each note can become one element in the element in the element in the argument this means that if you argument this means that if you argument this means that if you have a a bunch of notes and they would all form an notes and they would all form an argument so when you sit down to write argument so when you sit down to write argument so when you sit down to write you pull in several notes and all of

you pull in several notes and all of you pull in several notes and all of these form one article well you can these form one article well you can these form one article well you can rearrange these notes you can rearrange rearrange these notes you can rearrange rearrange these notes you can rearrange the order and you can pull in other the order and you can pull in other the order and you can pull in other unrelated notes and you can just stitch unrelated notes and you can just stitch unrelated notes and you can just stitch them together and see oh how does it fit them together and see oh how does it fit them together and see oh how does it fit in this context and this way you can be in this context and this way you can be in this context and this way you can be writing an article on something writing an article on something writing an article on something completely unrelated and somehow you are completely unrelated and somehow you are completely unrelated and somehow you are reminded of a of a note that you wrote a reminded of a of a note that you wrote a reminded of a of a note that you wrote a month ago well you can just pull that in month ago well you can just pull that in month ago well you can just pull that in and you can see how that fits this is and you can see how that fits this is and you can see how that fits this is how I came up with this parallel of uh how I came up with this parallel of uh how I came up with this parallel of uh clean code principles this the Unix clean code principles this the Unix clean code principles this the Unix philosophy I was writing this article philosophy I was writing this article philosophy I was writing this article that's a basis for this YouTube video that's a basis for this YouTube video that's a basis for this YouTube video about the modularity of notes I hadn't about the modularity of notes I hadn't about the modularity of notes I hadn't considered the Unix pH philosophy at all considered the Unix pH philosophy at all considered the Unix pH philosophy at all but as I was writing I thought hey this but as I was writing I thought hey this but as I was writing I thought hey this really reminds me of the Unix philosophy really reminds me of the Unix philosophy really reminds me of the Unix philosophy well I pulled in my notes from that and well I pulled in my notes from that and well I pulled in my notes from that and it worked very well so this is just an it worked very well so this is just an it worked very well so this is just an an anecdotal example of how having an anecdotal example of how having an anecdotal example of how having well-crafted notes can lead to well-crafted notes can lead to well-crafted notes can lead to unexpected unexpected unexpected connections and there's also a visual connections and there's also a visual connections and there's also a visual aspect to it so let's let's go back go aspect to it so let's let's go back go aspect to it so let's let's go back go to one of my notes in my my early days to one of my notes in my my early days to one of my notes in my my early days of note taking this is a note on bicep of note taking this is a note on bicep of note taking this is a note on bicep the bicep uh language for infrastructure the bicep uh language for infrastructure the bicep uh language for infrastructure as code well here is a document that as code well here is a document that as code well here is a document that contains many headings here and I wrote

contains many headings here and I wrote contains many headings here and I wrote a large note containing all of this a large note containing all of this a large note containing all of this information now as I look back at this information now as I look back at this information now as I look back at this note I see perfect opportunities for note I see perfect opportunities for note I see perfect opportunities for refactoring you could say note refactoring you could say note refactoring you could say note refactoring or to create independent refactoring or to create independent refactoring or to create independent noes here for example is a heading that noes here for example is a heading that noes here for example is a heading that I wrote combining strings we can use I wrote combining strings we can use I wrote combining strings we can use string interpolation to generate a string interpolation to generate a string interpolation to generate a unique string with a recognizable unique string with a recognizable unique string with a recognizable hardcoded part this is just an hardcoded part this is just an hardcoded part this is just an example now what I would now do is I example now what I would now do is I example now what I would now do is I would take this and then in obsidian you would take this and then in obsidian you would take this and then in obsidian you can do extract current can do extract current can do extract current selection and then I would call selection and then I would call selection and then I would call this um let's see it is in it is about this um let's see it is in it is about this um let's see it is in it is about combining strings well let's keep let's call it strings well let's keep let's call it combining combining combining strings in bicep here so this would be strings in bicep here so this would be strings in bicep here so this would be my new note combining strings I would my new note combining strings I would my new note combining strings I would format it like format it like format it like this combining strings in bicep now this combining strings in bicep now this combining strings in bicep now there is a visual aspect to having there is a visual aspect to having there is a visual aspect to having modular notes compare if I go back to modular notes compare if I go back to modular notes compare if I go back to this note I see the text above I see the this note I see the text above I see the this note I see the text above I see the text below I see a lot of information text below I see a lot of information text below I see a lot of information that is related here but this actually

that is related here but this actually that is related here but this actually is quite a lot of stuff to process for is quite a lot of stuff to process for is quite a lot of stuff to process for your brain and for your eyes when I go your brain and for your eyes when I go your brain and for your eyes when I go into my note into my note into my note here what I have is a small piece of here what I have is a small piece of here what I have is a small piece of text I have one thing to focus on I text I have one thing to focus on I text I have one thing to focus on I don't have all of this context around me don't have all of this context around me don't have all of this context around me I am now only thinking of combining I am now only thinking of combining I am now only thinking of combining strings in bicep now what this would do strings in bicep now what this would do strings in bicep now what this would do is okay first of all I already see a a is okay first of all I already see a a is okay first of all I already see a a spelling mistake this can can get lost spelling mistake this can can get lost spelling mistake this can can get lost into the sea of information when you into the sea of information when you into the sea of information when you work with bigger parts of text so here I work with bigger parts of text so here I work with bigger parts of text so here I can see we can use string interpolation can see we can use string interpolation can see we can use string interpolation to generate a unique string with a to generate a unique string with a to generate a unique string with a recognizable hardcoded so here's the recognizable hardcoded so here's the recognizable hardcoded so here's the code code code example and when I would re refine this example and when I would re refine this example and when I would re refine this I would maybe pull in a note about I would maybe pull in a note about I would maybe pull in a note about string interpolation uh in as a interpolation uh in as a general programming principle maybe I've general programming principle maybe I've general programming principle maybe I've written about that in Python so I would written about that in Python so I would written about that in Python so I would link string interpolation in Python and link string interpolation in Python and link string interpolation in Python and then I could write here about um bicep then I could write here about um bicep then I could write here about um bicep string in string in string in interpolation let's remove that is interpolation let's remove that is interpolation let's remove that is different from python string interpolation because Etc so I would

interpolation because Etc so I would pull in a note that is related and I pull in a note that is related and I pull in a note that is related and I would think about okay so how is this would think about okay so how is this would think about okay so how is this idea similar or different to that idea idea similar or different to that idea idea similar or different to that idea and by speak thinking about it this way and by speak thinking about it this way and by speak thinking about it this way by speaking about it by writing about it by speaking about it by writing about it by speaking about it by writing about it this way I will take this concept that I this way I will take this concept that I this way I will take this concept that I have and look at it from all possible have and look at it from all possible have and look at it from all possible angles and compare it and I pull it angles and compare it and I pull it angles and compare it and I pull it apart and I re-engineer it and this is apart and I re-engineer it and this is apart and I re-engineer it and this is done in a visual Way by pulling out the done in a visual Way by pulling out the done in a visual Way by pulling out the note like this so that you can focus on note like this so that you can focus on note like this so that you can focus on only that thing and only think about only that thing and only think about only that thing and only think about this thing and this is really powerful this thing and this is really powerful this thing and this is really powerful this is I believe revolutionary in the this is I believe revolutionary in the this is I believe revolutionary in the way you write notes by pulling it out way you write notes by pulling it out way you write notes by pulling it out like this focusing on one thing visually like this focusing on one thing visually like this focusing on one thing visually not having distraction and actually not having distraction and actually not having distraction and actually allowing yourself to go deep on this allowing yourself to go deep on this allowing yourself to go deep on this particular particular particular idea now in obsidian when you are idea now in obsidian when you are idea now in obsidian when you are writing a larger article like this for writing a larger article like this for writing a larger article like this for example the beauty is that you can just example the beauty is that you can just example the beauty is that you can just put an exclamation mark in front of it put an exclamation mark in front of it put an exclamation mark in front of it and boom you you have your note here so and boom you you have your note here so and boom you you have your note here so I do this when I write articles I will I do this when I write articles I will I do this when I write articles I will pull in all my different notes and let's pull in all my different notes and let's pull in all my different notes and let's see do I have a note about uh I don't see do I have a note about uh I don't see do I have a note about uh I don't know python functions here let's say I know python functions here let's say I know python functions here let's say I wanted to have python functions in here wanted to have python functions in here wanted to have python functions in here then I would have python functions in then I would have python functions in then I would have python functions in there

there there so that's also an older note that I that so that's also an older note that I that so that's also an older note that I that would need would need would need refactory so you can also visually have refactory so you can also visually have refactory so you can also visually have these nodes rendered like this using these nodes rendered like this using these nodes rendered like this using obsidian this is why obsidian is so obsidian this is why obsidian is so obsidian this is why obsidian is so magnificent so this was just an example magnificent so this was just an example magnificent so this was just an example of how the visual aspect plays a role of how the visual aspect plays a role of how the visual aspect plays a role here as well in the deep thinking here as well in the deep thinking here as well in the deep thinking instead of seeing this wall of text you instead of seeing this wall of text you instead of seeing this wall of text you can actually focus on one note when you do this you focus on one note when you do this you focus on one note you go deep and then you do a note you go deep and then you do a note you go deep and then you do a quality investment you do an investment quality investment you do an investment quality investment you do an investment of of of quality time quality time and quality time and effort because like I mentioned writing effort because like I mentioned writing effort because like I mentioned writing is thinking so when you isolate a thing is thinking so when you isolate a thing is thinking so when you isolate a thing you modularize it you see it as one you modularize it you see it as one you modularize it you see it as one module you think about it deeply you module you think about it deeply you module you think about it deeply you write about it you invest quality time write about it you invest quality time write about it you invest quality time and effort into it and you make you and effort into it and you make you and effort into it and you make you craft this beautiful little note that craft this beautiful little note that craft this beautiful little note that does its thing that does its does its thing that does its does its thing that does its work independently work independently work independently this way no taking becomes a vehicle for comprehension and what you're doing here comprehension and what you're doing here is you are doing the heavy lifting up is you are doing the heavy lifting up is you are doing the heavy lifting up front so let me attempt to draw like a

front so let me attempt to draw like a front so let me attempt to draw like a bar that you would use in bar that you would use in bar that you would use in weightlifting where you have the the weightlifting where you have the the weightlifting where you have the the plates like this I think it will be like plates like this I think it will be like plates like this I think it will be like this this attaches it to the bar this this attaches it to the bar this this attaches it to the bar well I should not try to draw beauti oh well I should not try to draw beauti oh well I should not try to draw beauti oh you get the idea you would grab the bar you get the idea you would grab the bar you get the idea you would grab the bar and then you would start deadlifting and then you would start deadlifting and then you would start deadlifting right so this is the bar you do the right so this is the bar you do the right so this is the bar you do the heavy lifting of the writing of the heavy lifting of the writing of the heavy lifting of the writing of the thinking thinking thinking beforehand when each note is beautifully beforehand when each note is beautifully beforehand when each note is beautifully crafted and can work crafted and can work crafted and can work independently you do the work beforehand independently you do the work beforehand independently you do the work beforehand and then when the time comes to sit down and then when the time comes to sit down and then when the time comes to sit down and write an article you pull it in all and write an article you pull it in all and write an article you pull it in all of these beautiful crafted notes who all of these beautiful crafted notes who all of these beautiful crafted notes who all are ready for publication and boom are ready for publication and boom are ready for publication and boom within a matter of minutes you can have within a matter of minutes you can have within a matter of minutes you can have an article if you do your your work well an article if you do your your work well an article if you do your your work well you do the heavy lifting up front you you do the heavy lifting up front you you do the heavy lifting up front you form the ideas completely you examine it form the ideas completely you examine it form the ideas completely you examine it from all angles you link it to other from all angles you link it to other from all angles you link it to other notes and you describe how it can notes and you describe how it can notes and you describe how it can be uh opposing or similar to your other be uh opposing or similar to your other be uh opposing or similar to your other notes and you are you have done the notes and you are you have done the notes and you are you have done the thinking you understand the concept and thinking you understand the concept and thinking you understand the concept and it is done now when done now when you have this collection of you have this collection of you have this collection of independently crafted notes like I independently crafted notes like I independently crafted notes like I mentioned you can start trying them out mentioned you can start trying them out mentioned you can start trying them out in different

in different in different contexts I mean who speaks about not contexts I mean who speaks about not contexts I mean who speaks about not taking and the Unix philosophy right taking and the Unix philosophy right taking and the Unix philosophy right this is a unique idea that I have had as this is a unique idea that I have had as this is a unique idea that I have had as I was writing this article and that was I was writing this article and that was I was writing this article and that was made possible because I have all of made possible because I have all of made possible because I have all of these notes on not taking I've done so these notes on not taking I've done so these notes on not taking I've done so much deep thinking on not taking but I'm much deep thinking on not taking but I'm much deep thinking on not taking but I'm also a a a tech worker I'm a devops also a a a tech worker I'm a devops also a a a tech worker I'm a devops engineer and I almost wanted to say a engineer and I almost wanted to say a engineer and I almost wanted to say a programmer but I'm not a professional programmer but I'm not a professional programmer but I'm not a professional programmer yet but I was able to pull in programmer yet but I was able to pull in programmer yet but I was able to pull in this note about the Unix philosophy into this note about the Unix philosophy into this note about the Unix philosophy into this because I had done the thinking this because I had done the thinking this because I had done the thinking about it earlier and I could place it about it earlier and I could place it about it earlier and I could place it and I I could try it out like does this and I I could try it out like does this and I I could try it out like does this fit and I thought yeah this actually fit and I thought yeah this actually fit and I thought yeah this actually fits really well so you can experiment fits really well so you can experiment fits really well so you can experiment you can I could have pulled in a note you can I could have pulled in a note you can I could have pulled in a note about I don't know cooking or how spices about I don't know cooking or how spices about I don't know cooking or how spices can can can can can can um uh unexpectedly strengthen other um uh unexpectedly strengthen other um uh unexpectedly strengthen other tastes I don't know I'm just making this tastes I don't know I'm just making this tastes I don't know I'm just making this up but you can everybody is unique up but you can everybody is unique up but you can everybody is unique everybody has their own unique interests everybody has their own unique interests everybody has their own unique interests and everybody will have their own unique and everybody will have their own unique and everybody will have their own unique not taking Sy systems and they would not taking Sy systems and they would not taking Sy systems and they would pull them in in their in their own pull them in in their in their own pull them in in their in their own unique way leading to very creative new ideas so with these notes the they ideas so with these notes the they become building blocks they can be become building blocks they can be become building blocks they can be rearranged and one thing that I use this

rearranged and one thing that I use this rearranged and one thing that I use this for actually I will just briefly show for actually I will just briefly show for actually I will just briefly show this before I I end the video because this before I I end the video because this before I I end the video because it's already getting a bit long but I do it's already getting a bit long but I do it's already getting a bit long but I do want to uh highlight this um want to uh highlight this um want to uh highlight this um let's see one way that you can use this let's see one way that you can use this let's see one way that you can use this is this so this is the canvas that I is this so this is the canvas that I is this so this is the canvas that I used for creating my ttle Casas used for creating my ttle Casas used for creating my ttle Casas course and if you don't know I have a course and if you don't know I have a course and if you don't know I have a course on the ttle Casten method it has course on the ttle Casten method it has course on the ttle Casten method it has now over 1100 students and I believe now over 1100 students and I believe now over 1100 students and I believe it's one of the best resources on the it's one of the best resources on the it's one of the best resources on the tle cast method on the internet I'm tle cast method on the internet I'm tle cast method on the internet I'm getting really high reviews you can getting really high reviews you can getting really high reviews you can purchase it on UD to me or you can purchase it on UD to me or you can purchase it on UD to me or you can choose to enter my school Community it choose to enter my school Community it choose to enter my school Community it is $35 a month but then you get access is $35 a month but then you get access is $35 a month but then you get access to all of my courses on not taking and to all of my courses on not taking and to all of my courses on not taking and you have access to the community where you have access to the community where you have access to the community where you can ask questions to fellow not you can ask questions to fellow not you can ask questions to fellow not takers or me directly you can join the takers or me directly you can join the takers or me directly you can join the Q&A calls and it's a great way to to Q&A calls and it's a great way to to Q&A calls and it's a great way to to accelerate your own notetaking journey accelerate your own notetaking journey accelerate your own notetaking journey and to connect with other fellows in the and to connect with other fellows in the and to connect with other fellows in the tech industry tech industry tech industry so this course was created by pulling in so this course was created by pulling in so this course was created by pulling in all of my different notes and creating a all of my different notes and creating a all of my different notes and creating a canvas like this I use this to create canvas like this I use this to create canvas like this I use this to create the overall structure of the the the the overall structure of the the the the overall structure of the the the ttle cast and course so here is the here ttle cast and course so here is the here ttle cast and course so here is the here is some of the structure like what is a is some of the structure like what is a is some of the structure like what is a tle cast well I have a note about that

tle cast well I have a note about that tle cast well I have a note about that and I have a note about how it was and I have a note about how it was and I have a note about how it was invented by Nicholas Lumen that he was invented by Nicholas Lumen that he was invented by Nicholas Lumen that he was the master of his craft and all of these the master of his craft and all of these the master of his craft and all of these notes are individually crafted to notes are individually crafted to notes are individually crafted to Perfection and here I would have another Perfection and here I would have another Perfection and here I would have another concept like how the settle Casten concept like how the settle Casten concept like how the settle Casten method improves method improves method improves productivity and here I go into actually productivity and here I go into actually productivity and here I go into actually writing the notes how to take notes writing the notes how to take notes writing the notes how to take notes writing is thinking fleeting notes so I writing is thinking fleeting notes so I writing is thinking fleeting notes so I use this to use this to use this to actually create a a larger structure out actually create a a larger structure out actually create a a larger structure out of all of these notes that I had and of all of these notes that I had and of all of these notes that I had and this process by itself caused me to this process by itself caused me to this process by itself caused me to refine each of these notes and to do refine each of these notes and to do refine each of these notes and to do very deep thinking about this so here is very deep thinking about this so here is very deep thinking about this so here is an whole area about the settle Casten an whole area about the settle Casten an whole area about the settle Casten lifestyle that I that I um this lifestyle that I that I um this lifestyle that I that I um this philosophy that I created about it that philosophy that I created about it that philosophy that I created about it that I explain in detail in my course but I explain in detail in my course but I explain in detail in my course but that you see yourself as a factory with that you see yourself as a factory with that you see yourself as a factory with input and output and how you should input and output and how you should input and output and how you should limit your input in order to generate limit your input in order to generate limit your input in order to generate quality output so quality output so quality output so these tools like obsidian allow you to these tools like obsidian allow you to these tools like obsidian allow you to take out all of these well-crafted notes take out all of these well-crafted notes take out all of these well-crafted notes arrange them experiment with them create arrange them experiment with them create arrange them experiment with them create connections between them and play with connections between them and play with connections between them and play with them and this has been a massive massive them and this has been a massive massive them and this has been a massive massive accelerator in my own accelerator in my own accelerator in my own thinking so this is what I think allows

thinking so this is what I think allows thinking so this is what I think allows of a for a very effective way of of a for a very effective way of of a for a very effective way of thinking and handling your thinking and handling your thinking and handling your notes I think this is one of the ways notes I think this is one of the ways notes I think this is one of the ways how the the ttle cast method actually how the the ttle cast method actually how the the ttle cast method actually makes you more productive because you makes you more productive because you makes you more productive because you spend quality time with each spend quality time with each spend quality time with each note you can reuse note you can reuse note you can reuse your note so that is really important your note so that is really important your note so that is really important this makes you really productive because this makes you really productive because this makes you really productive because if you do the having lifting once then if you do the having lifting once then if you do the having lifting once then you don't have to think about it the you don't have to think about it the you don't have to think about it the next time when you do it so when you next time when you do it so when you next time when you do it so when you have a large collection of well flashed have a large collection of well flashed have a large collection of well flashed out ideas you can create very easily you out ideas you can create very easily you out ideas you can create very easily you can create many different articles by can create many different articles by can create many different articles by combining the same elements into combining the same elements into combining the same elements into different unique orders so re recycling different unique orders so re recycling different unique orders so re recycling makes one very productive you recycle makes one very productive you recycle makes one very productive you recycle your own thinking your own effort and your own thinking your own effort and your own thinking your own effort and then um lastly there is this visual then um lastly there is this visual then um lastly there is this visual aspect of it where you break out a note aspect of it where you break out a note aspect of it where you break out a note and you allow yourself to be sucked into and you allow yourself to be sucked into and you allow yourself to be sucked into that note and there is an element of the that note and there is an element of the that note and there is an element of the ability of focus and being able to stick ability of focus and being able to stick ability of focus and being able to stick to one idea for a certain period of time to one idea for a certain period of time to one idea for a certain period of time and really give it the quality attention and really give it the quality attention and really give it the quality attention to craft something beautiful out of it to craft something beautiful out of it to craft something beautiful out of it so this is one aspect of why I think the so this is one aspect of why I think the so this is one aspect of why I think the ttle castle method makes you more ttle castle method makes you more ttle castle method makes you more productive I highly recommend you try it

productive I highly recommend you try it productive I highly recommend you try it out and check out my course if you want out and check out my course if you want out and check out my course if you want to know more or join my school Community to know more or join my school Community to know more or join my school Community it is seriously the best way to learn it is seriously the best way to learn it is seriously the best way to learn this so thank you for your attention and this so thank you for your attention and this so thank you for your attention and I hope to see you in the next video