2023-09-14 13:05:39

Categories/Evergreen.md

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+---
+tags:
+  - categories
+---
+An evergreen note is an idea. It doesn't have to be something that I agree with, but something is [[Composability|composable]]. In a way, every idiom is a kind of evergreen idea.
+
+```dataview
+table without id
+	file.link as Name,
+	created as Created
+from #0🌲
+where
+	!contains(file.name,"Template")
+sort created desc
+```

Categories/Journal.md

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+---
+tags:
+  - categories
+---
+
+```dataview
+table without id
+	file.link as Entry,
+	created as Created
+from #journal
+where
+	!contains(file.name,"Template")
+sort created desc
+```

Categories/Projects.md

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+---
+tags:
+  - categories
+---
+
+```dataview
+table 
+	type as Type,
+	year as Year,
+	status as Status,
+	url as URL
+where
+	contains(category,[[Projects]]) and
+	!contains(file.name,"Template")
+sort year desc
+```

Notes/Evergreen notes turn ideas into objects that you can manipulate.md

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+---
+category:
+  - "[[Clippings]]"
+created: 2023-09-14
+url: https://stephango.com/evergreen-notes
+author:
+  - "[[Steph Ango]]"
+published: 2022-09-16
+topics:
+  - "[[Evergreen]]"
+tags:
+  - 0🌲
+  - clippings
+---
+Using [[evergreen]] notes in Obsidian has been the most impactful change to how I think.
+
+Evergreen notes allow you to think about complex ideas by building them up from smaller composable ideas.
+
+My evergreen notes have titles that distill each idea in a succinct and memorable way, that I can use in a sentence. For example:
+
+- [[A company is a superorganism]]
+- [[All input is error]]
+- [[Calmness is a superpower]]
+- [[Cross the chasm]]
+- [[Everything is a remix]]
+- [[Writing is telepathy]]
+- [[You have no obligation to your former self]]
+- etc
+
+You don’t need to agree with the idea for it to become an evergreen note. Evergreen notes can be very short.
+
+I have an evergreen note called [[Creativity is combinatory uniqueness]] that is built on top of another evergreen note:
+
+> If you believe [[Everything is a remix]], then creativity is defined by the uniqueness and appeal of the combination of elements.
+
+Evergreen notes turn ideas into objects. By turning ideas into objects you can manipulate them, combine them, stack them. You don’t need to hold them all in your head at the same time.

Readme.md

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 ### Folders
 
-I use very few folders. My personal notes are primarily in the root, these are my journal entries and personal ideas. That way I know that everything in the root is something I came up with. I do not use the file explorer much for navigation, instead I navigate mostly using the quick switcher or clicking links.
+I use very few folders. My personal notes are primarily in the root, these are my [[journal]] entries, [[evergreen]] notes, and personal ideas. That way I know that everything in the root is something I came up with. I do not use the file explorer much for navigation, instead I navigate mostly using the quick switcher or clicking links.
 
 If you want to use this vault as a starting point the **Categories** and **Templates** folders contain everything that you need.