Thread by @chargrysolle

After 18 months of writing online, I have assembled a robust note-taking system, with a few simple techniques & tools:

• Readwise (notes syncing tool)
• Reader (read-later app)
• Roam (note-taking & connecting)
• Otter (voice transcription)
• MyMind (visuals & screenshots)

My system is based on 3 principles:

• Low friction: easy to add notes, without worrying about structure

• Connection: methods like The Queue, #BigIdea, #Problem + #Takeaway to play and link new + old ideas

• Discovery: ways to surface forgotten and random highlights

In this post, I go into more detail on how I use each tool and how they interconnect:

charlottegrysolle.com/my-digital-not…

Even if you don't write online, I feel like there's so much value and beauty in creating a system for yourself.

The professional value is obvious: we spend the majority of our time managing large amounts of information.

Without a system, most of that effort goes to waste.

But even more so on a personal level.

My Roam graph feels like having a private library; a cozy space to browse through my favorite quotes and ideas.

It's an ever-growing goldmine of words that is highly relevant and unique to me, and only me.