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Ramses Oudt

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20 Jan, 10 tweets, 2 min read

@RoamResearch

Write every day to help your future self.

Ever since I've started to use @RoamResearch, I've finally become the teacher I always wanted to be for myself. By writing notes, I'm able to send wisdom forward in time.

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How much do you learn from your note-taking tool? In my case, I learn everything from it. I’ve found my personal savior.

Until I discovered Roam Research, I struggled to benefit from my notes. I would hoard truckloads of highlights and random thoughts, but everything would gather dust eventually.

Roam has given me the tools to connect thoughts and move my thinking forward through time. I'm continuously confronted with my past thinking and my thoughts are not all over the place anymore; they develop over time.

By commenting on book highlights and refining my existing notes, I clarify my thoughts and seek ways to apply the advice. In the previous months, I've often returned to Stoic wisdom to cope with frustrations and insecurities over being locked down—all written by my past self.

I’m not a philosophy teacher, but I can teach myself philosophy. Armed with books, highlighter, and note-taking system, I write my own lessons. And if I don’t agree with something, I’ll write it down as well—it wouldn’t be the last time I changed my mind by reasoning with myself.

Because I comment on my past thinking and behavior, I slowly uncover unhelpful patterns and spot ways to break them. That's good, because I can only interrupt harmful patterns of thought and action if I’m aware of it.

Now, you may think that any note-taking tool can help you with this. Well, you are mistaken.

Most note-taking systems silo your knowledge, making it difficult to encounter it again and expanding on it. Not with a networked thinking tool like Roam. Whenever I’m roaming through my notes, I’ll encounter the wisdom from my past self. Serendipity is built-in.

Want to take better care of you future self? Write every day and send ahead wisdom for when you need it. Start now.

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