Notes are R&D

Something that helped me a lot, is to think of “notes” differently.

Notes aren’t adding to your plate, ‘things’ to keep track of or action or even remember.

Notes are “R&D”.

Companies do R&D. They invest in R&D all the time.

Notes are your personal and professional R&D.

Not to be remembered or actioned… but to facilitate exploration, to see if interesting new ideas pop out.

And if they do pop out, they’ll reemerge as themes, thanks to the note taking and your subconscious playing nice together.

They’re not tax deductible, but they’re mental weight deductible — you feel lighter each time you do it, if you remember it’s not another to-do list.

It’s just R&D.