Assign keywords to notes based on the context you're working in or your interests

"In what context do I want to stumble upon this note?" Ask yourself this whenever you are placing a new note into your slip-box. It's a way to Connect new notes to existing ones

You should always think about the notes in context. Assign keywords based on the context you're working in or your interests.

The best keywords usually require extra thinking – they don't appear explicitly in the note. This is part of elaborating on what you read, therefore quite important.

Tags: note-taking Zettelkasten

ID: 2021-0111-0815

References: Ahrens, 2017: How to Take Smart Notes (ch. 12.2)