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Make sure they are searchable, and favor more recent notes over older notes.

In most cases, make sure each note are self-contained and can be reviewed without the original text or other notes. Referencing is okay, but usually, you don't want to keep an idea contained in a million places.

If needed, add a diagram or tree or nested tags to show where each note fits in the scheme of a grander picture on a topic.

Looking for a set of notes in a helpful sequence is usually not going to be as effective, aside from chronologic notes of what happened in what sequence.



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