# write notes for your future self Be kind to Future You. Give yourself the right amount of information you'll need in the future – not too much to create overwhelm or lose the signal in the noise, and not too little, to cause you to need to put your detective's hat on for where you found the thing in the first place --- - **Keywords:** - **Related:** - [[write notes for yourself by default]] - **Reference:** - [[doto2024SystemWritingUnconventional|Doto, B. (2024). A System for Writing: How an Unconventional Approach to Note-Making Can Help You Capture Ideas, Think Wildly, and Write Constantly. (Chapter 3.2)]]