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content/notes/the illusion of choice.md

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+title: the illusion of choice
+date: 2022-04-22
+lastmod: 2022-04-22
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+The illusion of choice is **a psychological mental model that states humans are happy if they believe that have control over their own actions and can exercise free will**.
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+https://www.joshuakennon.com/mental-model-the-illusion-of-choice/#:~:text=The%20illusion%20of%20choice%20is,and%20can%20exercise%20free%20will.

content/posts/manage-notes-with-a-simple-workflow.md

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 If you ever took notes on an article, video, or podcast and had no idea do with it, you're in the right place. Many existing solutions suggest adding tags, and creating many layers of nested folders. But oftentimes we find ourselves with [[notes/its not natural to organize things in groups|folders with too many files or tags with too few members]]. The fault isn't in the person but in the note-taking system itself.
 
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 My goal is to create a [[notes/simple solutions are often the best|simple]] workflow where the content of the note organizes the note. This effectively eliminates the third step when taking notes: organize the note we wrote. 
 
 1. Pull out our note-taking tool of choice

content/posts/writing-quick-notes-in-obsidian.md

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 title: The Totally Unnecessary Way To Write Quick Notes in Obsidian
+description: Obsidian is great for many things, but it isn't great for writing quick notes.
 date: 2022-04-12
 lastmod: 2022-04-12
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content/posts/zettelkasten-shouldnt-be-complicated-but-it-is.md

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+title: Zettelkasten shouldn't be complicated, but it is.
+description: Following the principles of Zettelkasten, there exists a simpler solution to using Zettelkasten.
+date: 2022-04-20
+lastmod: 2022-04-22
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+## Zettelkasten is Complicated
+There are a lot of things I like about [[notes/Zettelkasten|Zettelkasten]], but one thing I don't like is how complicated it is to set up. According to the [building blocks of Zettelkasten blog post](https://zettelkasten.de/posts/zettelkasten-building-blocks/),  a typical Zettelkasten system consists of an inbox, an archive, and a reference database. 
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+- **Inbox**: the gateway into your knowledge system (e.g. Google Notes, Email, Apple Notes, etc.)
+- **Archive**: the one, trusted place to look for information (e.g. Obsidian, Roam Research, etc.)
+- **Reference Database**: interface to the outside world (e.g. Raindrop,  Zotero, etc.)
+
+On top of a complicated setup, this tri-system approach **adds limitations and friction** when using Zettelkasten. For example, transferring notes from the inbox to the archive. This process is a *requirement*, [[notes/the illusion of choice|not an option]]. In other words, we'll *need* to regularly transfer items from my inbox to the archive. For some, this additional step is a deal-breaker. On the flip side, the option of writing directly to the note archive (skipping the inbox) typically [[posts/writing-quick-notes-in-obsidian|adds additional friction]]. 
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+![Zettelkasten Workflow](posts/img/zettelkasten-workflow.png)
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+## Finding a better solution
+At its core, Zettelkasten can be distilled into [two principles](https://zettelkasten.de/posts/overview/#principles): 
+- **Principle of Atomicity**: Limit notes to a single topic for [[notes/interoperable components are efficient|interoperability]] 
+- **Principle of Connectivity**: [[notes/connecting ideas is powerful|Connect information together]]
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+As long as these two principles are maintained, our workflows can still be Zettelkasten. My approach to this problem is to create one system that combines the inbox, the archive, and the reference database into one system. Given that [[notes/connecting ideas is powerful|connections]] are what make Zettelkasten powerful, having a single [[notes/use the right tool for the job|generalized]] interconnected system is better than having three specialized systems (inbox, archive, reference database).
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+This single system needs to have certain criteria in order to perform well:
+- Has the ability to take quick notes anywhere (inbox)
+- Can easily reference the source of the material (reference database)
+- Support backlinks and links with a search feature (the archive + principles)
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+This is why I created an application to simplify the typical Zettelkasten system. The goal of this application is to lower the barrier of entry for Zettelkasten and to help more people to be productive. If you're interested, read my blog post about my [[posts/manage-notes-with-a-simple-workflow|simple Zettelkasten workflow]].

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