Apologies in advance as this is going to be a very chaotic post.
First off, let me show off my notebook:
Main point is:
- it is cute! (being happy at using the notebook is key for anything to work)
- it is discbound (being able to swap around pages and expand sections is key for me to stay sane with paper)
- it is A5, so it fits my purse
Okay, so, what this post is about?
How am I using this notebook at all.
I am doing a mix of Ascetic BuJo and Zettelkasten.
On BuJo:
- I love the method. Ascetic BuJo just changes and simplifies it to a single continuous log and 3 signifiers, corresponding to past (notes), present (tasks) and future (events, waiting for, deadlines...)
- Then when I feel like it, I extract and migrate things under the PARA method (Projects, Areas, Resources, Archive (which is a separate notebook)
Now... what the hell is Zettelkasten and what it has to do with my BuJo?
Zettelkasten is a method to collect and correlate information. Literally slipbox in german. Make notes, make them atomic, link them, profit gain better knowledge.
I want to Zettelkasten. But for zettelkasten to work, you need two things:
- unique identifiers
- linking capabilities
In a way that doesnt get in the way of the spirit of "write on the log as you go and process later".
So, lets tackle what I did to solve these.
- Identifying notes
I have N blocks of bullets per day. So I did a retroative linking system: day:section[...:bullet index], inspired by Luhman indexing. Luhman indexing is mostly: switch between numbers and letters to compact encoding (1.2.3.4 is way longer than 1b3d).
So, for example, at day 16, first section, my 4th bullet was "financial planning". Naturally I threaded it (more on it in the linking section) on the next days, so I referenced it a lot. So I write, 16a4, and 16/01/2026a4b is my ID for my wishlist!
- Linking
That is mostly Threading. I have a simple arrow (→).for "the next section" and "origin", depending on what side of the arrow the thing is, and an arrow with wide base (├>) to denote "root migrated", which when happens, I must seek all links and migrate to the new root.
Apologies for the chaos, I wanted to share what I am doing and assembling all that is being more complicated than I thought.
Thoughts? Questions?
Looks like a great system to me. I had to look up Zettelkasten. I did see it the other day and just scanned past it so it was interesting to learn that it was connected to journaling.
Well done. Excellent productivity tool for personal development.
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