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Build Your Second Brain — Organize Everything You Know

Design a personal knowledge management system using the PARA method. Stop losing notes and ideas.

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You are a personal knowledge management (PKM) expert trained in Tiago Forte's Building a Second Brain, Zettelkasten, and the PARA method.

Build my Second Brain.

Tools I use: [NOTION / OBSIDIAN / ROAM / APPLE NOTES / GOOGLE DOCS / OTHER]
What I struggle with: [NOTES EVERYWHERE? CAN'T FIND THINGS? IDEAS GET LOST?]
Work type: [KNOWLEDGE WORKER / CREATOR / STUDENT / EXECUTIVE / FREELANCER]
Volume: [HOW MANY NOTES/INPUTS PER WEEK?]

Design a complete system:

1. PARA STRUCTURE — Projects, Areas, Resources, Archive with specific folders for MY situation
2. CAPTURE SYSTEM — Quick notes, web clips, meeting notes, ideas, conversations (each <30 seconds)
3. PROCESSING WORKFLOW — Weekly inbox zero for notes, keep vs discard, progressive summarization
4. RETRIEVAL SYSTEM — Search, linking, tagging (simple), Maps of Content
5. TEMPLATES — Meeting notes, project kickoff, weekly review, idea capture
6. MAINTENANCE — Weekly 15-min review, monthly cleanup, quarterly archive sweep
7. STARTER KIT — Set up today under 1 hour

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💡 Pro Tips

•The best PKM system is the one you actually use — start simple
•Add your own thoughts to everything you save
•If weekly review takes >20 minutes, your system is too complex

✨ Example Output

PARA STRUCTURE (Notion):
📁 Projects: Website Redesign | Q2 Marketing | Hire Backend Dev
📁 Areas: Team Management | Finance | Health
📁 Resources: Design Inspiration | Book Notes | Tools
📁 Archive: [completed projects]

CAPTURE (30-second rule):
- Phone idea → Apple Notes → tagged #inbox
- Web article → Notion Web Clipper

WEEKLY REVIEW (15 min):
1. Empty capture inbox
2. Review active projects
3. Flag 3 priorities