An Ultra-simple Way To Start Taking Notes Every Day

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Based on my three year’s experience of consistent notetaking, here is how I recommend people to start this wonderful habit:

Step 1: Choose one or several note-taking apps.

Although I recommend Mem.ai, pick the one you are the most comfortable with. It could be as simple as Apple Notes and Google Keep.

The most important thing is that you start today. You can always upgrade later.

Step 2: Write down ideas, insights, and other information daily.

Whether it is book highlights, project documents, personal affirmations, and other reference material, note-taking apps are excellent for that. The other use case is journaling and capturing thoughts.

For structured information and documents, I recommend you keep them as separate notes. You can construct links between them and other ways of getting an overview.

For freeform note-taking, you can either create new notes on the fly or create one particular note for the day. For instance, on September 20, 2022, you create a note with the date as the title. Whatever thoughts, ruminations, ideas, and insights you get today will be captured there. On Mem.ai, you can create daily notes automatically…