Two weeks ago, my brain crashed.

Personal Knowledge Management (PKM) using TheBrain software is a blog series devoted to discussing the methodologies used in creating and maintaining a life leadership system. Episode 8 - Mark, enter, scribble or scrawl.

Personal Knowledge Management (PKM) using TheBrain software is a blog series devoted to discussing the methodologies used in creating and maintaining a life leadership system.

Niklas Luhmann, the creator of the Zettelkasten methodology, referred to this magic as serendipity. The very definition of serendipity is surprise or chance. [1] The exciting discovery of new or unexpected insights.

“Each day he [Emerson] collected in his journal his disjointed dreams, his mental reveries, and the fragments of all of those ideas that his mind was able to conceive.”

Episode 4 is an optional feature of the daily note structure. However, I find value in tracking total time costs for projects, reading, time spent writing, studying, or a simple reminder to get off my butt and move more often.

Appointments and To do's generally gather the most information for me regarding my "hard landscape," as David Allen from Getting Things Done would call this section of the daily notes.

I have a secondary overlay to my central journal hub. This secondary Journal is MM-DD format only, and all 365 days link directly to the Unforgettable Daily Journal as jump links.

Hub thoughts are generally central themes to your brain, i.e., role thoughts such as Husband, Son, Father, and Home Owner. Main activity thoughts include Hiking/Climbing, Skiing, Recovery, and Training.

Thinking will always remain the vital component of manipulating information to knowledge. That component will always be required of you "in house," residing within your "wet" brain (or whatever pithy term applies).