This Is My Better-Than-Expected Planning & Note-Taking Habit

A process I fell into…

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My to-do lists and notes all appear in one place first: a legal pad.

But there’s one benefit to this that I hadn’t realized until the past few days.

The end of a legal pad provides a natural end point and reflection period.

Once I hit the end of my legal pad, it’s time to turn to a new one and start again.

Transferring from one legal pad to the next

But I don’t just throw the old one away…

I go back through the old one. I read and review it.

In this process, if I see something good, I’ll move that to a digital, searchable location if I haven’t captured it already. I use Notion for personal work and Tettra for my day job.

Quick Start Note-Taking Pack

For instance, I do a lot of work with SEO.