Let’s talk zettelkasten and navel-gazing

If you know, you know. If you don’t know, zettelkasten is a note-taking system. I found a good introductory article to help ease things along, How to Use Obsidian as a Zettelkasten: The Ultimate Tutorial by Matt Giaro.

In the article, the author gives a tip o’ the hat to How to Take Smart Notes by Sönke Ahrens. I’m conflicted. I’ve got it. It’s not great. Given the ratings, I’m the odd one out, but that’s okay. To me it felt like far too much of the book, like so many others, was a sales pitch for the book itself. Hi! Zettelkasten! You want to know more about zettelkasten, so you got this book. Know why you should know more? Here’s reasons. How about more reasons? I know you want to learn the method, but wouldn’t you like to learn more reasons first? How about now, more reasons? Right, let’s get on with the method, but first, here’s some more reasons.