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Hello, I have just discovered this Forum.
I am new using Zettelkasten. Or, at least, I am new using Zettelkaten knowing that the name "Zettelkasten" was describing the principles I was using to my own personal knowledge management but more matured, systematic, and a few more. So I am very happy I found a wider, more consistent framework to apply.
I strongly believe that systems like this one are essential as we mature and come across more topics we have to incorporate to our body of knowledge. We never get too old to learn, we just become overwhelmed by the amount of things to keep in our heads if we don't have a method to manage it.
So, yes: I am excited about Zettelkasten, I have a lot of expectations on it and it is already growing on me as I started to notice its benefits.
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Welcome to the forum!! There is a lot of good information on the web site (Getting Started) and in the various posts on the forum. Feel free to ask questions and participate in discussions; some of them may seem a bit esoteric but there is so much practical advice here that you can browse for days.
Welcome!
It's amazing how quickly the benefits come. I saw the benefits very quickly after starting my ZK, and I've been hooked ever since.
Hello there nice people,
Since gvisoc begann this discussion, i'm gonna join him and avoid beginning a new discussion since it's about pretty much the same point.
I myself am new to Zettelkasten as well. I've stumbled over this very smart forum in an Internet search and i'm very happy to become a part of it.
Let me start by telling you my purpose, which i'm expecting from using ZK:
I have been always looking for a method in order to learn AND MEMORIZE new stuff. Whether being at work or trivia. I find it very unfortunate and sad, to read a book from its start to end, and not being able to activly recall some of the information you've learned from it. Same goes for my occupation as a cardiologist, you learn a lot of new stuff in every new stuff in every new congress or new published paper.
So my question for you people is:
Apart from using Anki or active-recall training, is ZK a good method for solving the problem of forgetting about new stuff ? If no, why, if yes, please Tell me how do you implement this in order to learn and keep new stuff.
Thanks!, and hello: I actually discovered the Forums thanks to one of your threads. I was looking for experiences on combining ZK and Logseq as I am also a Logseq user.
Thanks all!
@Ahmed what I do if I want to recall new information is to write by hand about it. Handwriting records the information deeper and better in my memory. So applied to ZK, I'd say that handwriting the Fleeting and Literature notes work best for me.
To later process them into Permanent notes within the ZK, I use Logseq.
If I need to reason about my ZK content to produce anything (new notes, or a longer form text) I mix both keyboard and handwriting, depending on how hard I find to produce whatever result I need. If I need to think deeper, I draw and write by hand.
Just handwriting the initial capture makes a lot of difference for me.