why the garden format?

it allows for a more organic and interconnected representation of the mind and it’s processes. this format is a natural extension of my existing note taking system and makes it easier for me show not just the resulting polished essays but also the raw process of thoughts being distilled into something more cohesive.

explaining the tags

in digital gardens, pages will typically have a variety of tags assigned, both for categorizing the content and also the state of the content. there is a specific set of tags i will use to describe how refined the contents of the page are. i like the concept/theme of a crystalline mind, so from most raw to most formed, the tags are:

  • nuc (short for nucleation)
  • dendrite
  • cluster
  • prism
  • gem

some housekeeping

everything will change, that’s the point of a garden. thoughts will nucleate, branch out, fuse, fracture, be refined, or dissolve. i’m actually curious what the home page (and this garden) will look one year from now.

sometimes you’ll see concepts/ideas represented with ”/”. reality is fuzzier than we sometimes think, and categorizing things completely and cleanly into separate boxes rarely works. you will see me describe concepts/thoughts/ideas in this format at times, especially in rougher notes.

in general, it’s not that serious. life should be play, its more fun that way. there is so much to unpack here (and we will!). the gist is that a playful attitude makes you happier, more open, more curious, and brings a slew of other benefits that feed into each other – ultimately creating a self-propelling rise in quality of life.