## Mindset - My mindset is [[Read to Feed]]: - You want to go through the world with open eyes to what you're thinking, feeling, hearing, seeing - Become a hunter for great ideas knowing that they come to you at any point in time and by any means necessary - When you feel that [[Follow the Tickle | Tickle]] up your spine, you know you have to capture it. So you have to make sure you always have your [[⭐️ "Micro-Note-Taking Set" (S21 Mini-Project) | "Idea-Spear"]] with you! ## Hunting and collecting ideas on-the-go [[Make things with your hands]] I find that most interesting ideas come up while I'm walking around the city. I now carry a small physical notebook with my at all times. My solution: [[⭐️ "Micro-Note-Taking Set" (S21 Mini-Project)]]. ### Notebooks - [[Micro-Notebook S21 – Berlin 1 (Photos)]] - [[Micro-Notebook S21 – Berlin 2 (Photos)]] ### Examples ![[IMG20210731151300.jpg]] - ![[IMG20210731151437.jpg]] ### Refining notes After sketching and noting, I've created myself a legend of icons that help me decide what kind of note some of these ideas are: - ⊗ New Note - ⚛ Link to Note - ⍰ Follow-up Question/Experiment - #️⃣ Tag, category - 👁 Observation - ⃝ Task - ⭐️ Important - ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Very important - ☁️ Dream, vision ![[IMG20210731151815.jpg]] ### Alternatives - Phone camera for pictures - Phone note-taking for back-up – I use [Google Keep](https://keep.google.com) (but definitely prefer using my notepad and pen) ## Digitizing notebooks ### Take photos of your pages Using a tripod, I attach and fix my phone camera above the table, place the notebook on the table and page through it, with a snapshot for each page. ### Create digital notes for important ideas Once all photos of a notebook are uploaded in Obsidian, I go through the list of photos and either... - Create a new note with an idea I captured - In a few words or bullet points I write down the core idea - I paste the relevant photo(s) at the bottom of the note for future reference - Update an existing note with the photo #### Example A good example of the output can be seen here: [[Micro-Notebook S21 – Berlin 2 (Photos)#Extracted Notes | Extracted notes list]] ## Related - [[How to hunt for ideas like an artist]] - [[Idea-Collector]] - [[⭐️ My Physical Notebooks (Photos)]]