Rethinking the Potential of the Daily Note
Metadata
- Author: Mark McElroy
- Full Title: Rethinking the Potential of the Daily Note
- URL: https://markmcelroy.com/rethinking-the-potential-of-the-daily-note/
Highlights
A UCLA study published in Nature in May 2022 finds that our memories are not forged in isolation; instead, significant memories are stored in clusters. The recall of one such memory fires off the recollection of others that are chronologically linked (View Highlight)review
In other words: when we remember one significant event, the very structure of memory dictates that we are more likely to remember other events that happened around the same time. (View Highlight)review
What if, instead of reviews of my daily notes being subject to the whimsy of circumstance or serendipity, they were scheduled, structured, and deliberate? If so, they might work like this: • On a weekly or monthly basis, I’d select a range of daily notes (say, every daily note from the previous week, or every daily note from one month a year ago). (View Highlight)review
Rethinking the Potential of the Daily Note
Metadata
- Author: Mark McElroy
- Full Title: Rethinking the Potential of the Daily Note
- URL: https://markmcelroy.com/rethinking-the-potential-of-the-daily-note/
Highlights
A UCLA study published in Nature in May 2022 finds that our memories are not forged in isolation; instead, significant memories are stored in clusters. The recall of one such memory fires off the recollection of others that are chronologically linked (View Highlight)review
In other words: when we remember one significant event, the very structure of memory dictates that we are more likely to remember other events that happened around the same time. (View Highlight)review
What if, instead of reviews of my daily notes being subject to the whimsy of circumstance or serendipity, they were scheduled, structured, and deliberate? If so, they might work like this: • On a weekly or monthly basis, I’d select a range of daily notes (say, every daily note from the previous week, or every daily note from one month a year ago). (View Highlight)review