Recently someone on Hacker News asked:
Do you also "hoard" notes/links but struggle to turn them into actions? The user is considering building something that would address this need.
I think many of us fall into this category and so we often get swayed by the promise of 'second brain' apps. I've featured many of those in this newsletter, and I'm sure many of you use them.
I really liked the top answer in the thread, because it gets brutally honest about hoarding digital content and not doing anything with any of it:
"At some point, organization can become a form of procrastination. Building a second brain is not Doing The Thing. A note is not an intention. It commits to memory, not to action. I really don't care about having a whole searchable, tagged database; I hardly ever look at those notes again."
This is excellent advice because it prevents us from having the 'hoarder' mentality that often doesn't lead to results, but instead keeps us focused on actually getting somewhere with our research. It also reminds us that we're not 'failing' if we don't use the stuff we saved.
Now on to this week's hand-picked productivity links!
