Molecular Zettelkasten System

C.O.D.E

• Capture - keep what resonates
• Organize - save for actionability
• Distill - find the essence
• Express - show your work

1. Fleeting Notes - Daily Notes, Sources, New Notes 2. Atoms - Quotes, Key Concepts, Main Takeaways 3. Molecules - Ideas & Insights, Bridging Concepts, Intuition

• Taking Atomic Notes and making them Molecular
• Take smart notes that have purpose & connection

# Capture ## Fleeting Notes ## Source Note

Title: Source Link: Topics: Tags: #source

Topic Note

Title: Tags: #topic

3 Levels of Notes

Main Level: current concept of discussion, heading, or a title 1. Quote + page # or timestamp 1. MY IDEAS, thoughts and insights

Daily Note

• ## Blank Note
• like a brain dump to come back to later maybe use #fleetingnote or something similar to flag this as something to come back to.

Distill

• ## Generation Effect:
• Translating external info into our own words, we remember to understand the info better.

• this is the most important step, and the building blocks of the rest of the system.
• This is where you translate the info into your own words.

Atom (Literature)Note

Reference Link Page Number Topics Tags

Quotes, concepts, key takeaways. Convert into your own words SINGULAR IDEA

>If you want to learn something, you write it down. If you want to really understand something, you have to translate it into your own words. - How to Take Smart Notes

Atom = the CORE of the idea/concept + citation of where it came from.

Molecule (Permanent) Note

Idea generator, external mind, or thinking box

Topics Tags

• Insight, idea, or connection between Atom Notes.
• write as if for someone else, we want to be for Orion
• Lego blocks
• ### Insight or Idea
• Clearly articulate your unique insight, interpretation, or argument.
• This should be the core takeaway of the molecule

• ### Supporting Atoms
• List the atoms that contribute to or support this insight

• ### Connections
• Link to related molecules, sources, or potential applications of this insight.
• We want to get rid of orphan notes

Express

Alloy (Publish)Notes

• ### Example Types:
• Social Media
• Newsletters
• YouTube
• Emails
• Articles
• Blogs