## Why take notes? By writing down notes we can relate information about a subject in a very personal way using our own experiences to relate them to. We can us our notes as inspiration to create. In a centralized note taking system it is possible to easily revisit notes and use them to inspire new ideas. Another effect of a centralized note system is that it is very easy to search through our notes and use them as reference material. ## How Using the para method; a method of note taking by Tiago Forte (Building a second brain) Projects: Anything that requires the completion of multiple tasks to reach a certain outcome. Areas: Something that you are responsible for for a longer period of your live. Resources: Notes about resources that you use to do anything, such as tools and programming languages for example. Archive: Notes that you feel are nog longer relevant to you. They might end up being useful in unexpected ways so don't throw away! GTD: Getting Things Done ## Quotes "If I can't write about something; I don't understand the topic." - Mischa van den Burg? "Clear thinking becomes clear writing; one can't exist without the other." - William Zinsser.