> Evergreen notes are written and organized to evolve, contribute, and accumulate over time, across projects. This is an unusual way to think about writing notes: Most people take only transient notes. That’s because these practices aren’t about writing notes; they’re about effectively developing insight: “Better note-taking” misses the point; what matters is “better thinking”. When done well, these notes can be quite valuable: Evergreen note-writing as fundamental unit of knowledge work.

> It’s hard to write notes that are worth developing over time. These principles help:

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> Evergreen notes should be atomic

> Evergreen notes should be concept-oriented

> Evergreen notes should be densely linked

> Prefer associative ontologies to hierarchical taxonomies

> Write notes for yourself by default, disregarding audience

> This concept is of course enormously indebted to the notion of a Zettelkasten. See Similarities and differences between evergreen note-writing and Zettelkasten.