I write these notes for myself and they model the way I’ve read and the way I think. I don’t consider a post “readable” when it links off to a dozen other pages each of which links further and all of which must be read and understood to understand the initial post. Evergreen notes are for note taking and thinking but not, at least primarily, for consuming. For that I want to create synthesis notes more akin to blog posts.
Reasons for writing these notes:
- Document your work
- In terms of Bloom’s taxonomy:
- Remember (Bloom’s Taxonomy)
- Understand (Bloom’s Taxonomy)
- Restating things in my own words
- Creating connections between cards
- “Summary” section of reference notes
- Apply (Bloom’s Taxonomy) and Analyze (Bloom’s Taxonomy)
- Evaluate (Bloom’s Taxonomy)
- The “Thoughts” section of reference notes
- Create (Bloom’s Taxonomy)
- Original, insofar as anything’s original, thoughts and insights
Also see How I write notes.