Brain Tree
My ever-growing Brain Tree! I put everything I want to here: especially stuff that would be cool to share instead of keeping private. My digital garden is a wiki specifically about my learnings and what matters to me. It’s entirely possible that its structure could change drastically over time, as I grow.
What stuff is found here?
To determine what sort of notes I grow here, here are the criteria they must meet:
- It’s something I care about keeping information on, to the point of true understanding. This implies a certain level of pre-existing investment.
- I feel that I would still like to think about it in the future, instead of serving a short-term goal.
Content Guidelines
- I write in a way that fits the way I think. In terms of words chosen, general structure of notes, navigation.
- Basically: this is not going to end up reading properly like a book, it’s going to be written in the way I want to write it.
- Notes are always in a state of incompletion. I personally don’t care about noting status whether it be progress or certainty. For my style, status serves no value. One of the big positives for me is how every note has the capacity for change.
- I do not, cannot, write notes in various PKM systems, styles, and belief: such as Zettelkasten, PARA, Second Brain, and more. It’s cool that it works for others, but it is truly not for me because in my experience it results in senseless info hoarding. It creates too much friction because I simply do not think in the same way. I take what works and leave the rest, even if it means I end up taking only one idea from something. It was never worth the cognitive load of creating notes to fit anyone else’s system but my own. This post (Is the concept of Personal Knowledge Management flawed?) has similar thoughts I have towards such specifications. I personally do not like them because there is more value for me in finding what works for my brain.
The Author, Kuchai
I will put information about myself here when I feel like it. I’m quite shy and honestly embarrassed to talk about myself. I’m working on it!