What I’m looking for to grow a seed into a sprout
What I’m looking for to grow a seed into a sprout

What I’m looking for to grow a seed into a sprout

Seeds →

Sprouts →

All Sprouts
 

Shoots→

By CategoryBy Category

1 — Creativity & Curiosity
What is creativity?
1.0
Everyone is creative!
1.0.1
2 — Making & Art
Making is available to everyone.
2
Making stuff improves our lives.
2.1
3 — Mental & Emotional Well-being
Meditation rewires our brains.
3
4 — Physical Health
5 — Intentional Living
On imagining and building new worlds.
6 — Writing & Reading
Zettelkasten Note System
6?
7 — Teaching
8 — Nervous system
What the ANS can do
8.1.1
9 — Interactions
10 — Research
Another example shoot
 

How to decide what notes to take

 
When I’m reviewing seeds and trying to determine if I can grow them into sprouts, which might connect to other sprouts and grow into a bigger shoot, I’m looking for:
 
 

← Grew from:

Ev Chapman, Forget Book Summaries: This Note-Taking Method Will Change How You Read Books
I pick the top 3 that I find most interesting in one of these three categories:
➤ One note that I can take action on. This might be something that I learned that I want to put into action. Just one thing.
I put it on my task list and schedule it to do.
➤ One Thing To Think About.
Writing is thinking. So if I want to understand a concept or an idea from the book I just spend time writing & exploring. I personally find I remember far more from books when I do this more explorative
writing than just trying to summarise things.
➤ One Thing To Connect.
Our brain remembers things through connections. So I take one note and try and connect it into something that I already know. Because I've been doing this for a while I have a bunch of notes on all sorts of topics.
So I just go to my notes & see if I can find a connection.

Grew into →

How I grow sprouts
How I grow sprouts