Taking notes on my reading feels too chorelike, I’d rather make notes (of the evergreen variety) based on the insights, concepts, patterns, themes and their resonance and relatability to me. Notes that could stand on their own separated from the original context(s) they were pulled from.

This all tracks well with Maggie Appleton/Andy Matuschak’s evergreen notes concept. As they are “permanent notes” that grow from “fleeting notes” (from the things I experience, consume throughout my days), that evolve into a library of clear opinions, beliefs, thoughts. They are atomic (capturing an idea concisely and entirely), declarative (statements, commands), and concept-oriented (not bound to any material specifically).