Limitless notes · 2026-10-18

Take notes you will actually use

It's easy to take notes and never open them again. Often the problem is not the app. It's that the notes are written for the moment, not for the person who will read them later — you.

Write less, but in your own words

Copying sentences can feel productive, but explaining an idea in your own words makes you think it through. After a talk, a chapter or a video, write three lines in your own words: what it was about, what surprised you, and what you want to try.

Add one question

End every note with a question it raises: "Would this work for my team?" or "Where else have I seen this?" A question gives you a reason to come back to the note.

Keep one place

Notes spread over five apps and a few paper notebooks are hard to find. Pick one place for everything — even a single running document with a date at each entry works.

Look back once a week

Five minutes at the end of the week: scroll through what you wrote, mark the one idea worth keeping, and act on one question. A note that leads to one small action was worth writing.

One habit

Next time you learn something, close with three lines and a question. That's the whole system.