The following image shows when you should start a new note for your slipbox. And what to do if there are similar notes: Start by finding similar notes, if there aren’t any make a new note. If there are notes, but not related, make a new note. Notes related to the topic exist, if these do not fit the idea create a new note but adhere to the keywords. A few notes roughly match: creating a new zettel is a bit too much.

#notes A Zettelkasten is said to be a second brain. Through the linking of notes the system may surprise you in insightful ways. What is a zettelkasten? The word can be split into two ‘zettel’ and ‘kasten’. Zettel meaning a note and kasten simply box. So, a zettelkasten is a box of ideas. But what makes this box special/useful? Ideas behind zettelkasten Rather than writing notes down in categorized notebooks the notes should have a free-flowing category.