> [!tldr] Make your note fit on an index card To be clear, avoid fluff, and communicate effectively, craft your message & visual so it would fit on an index card. This is true for notes and for [[Index Card Sized Messages]]. Notes are sort of like messages to yourself in the future - so they aren't that distinct. **Why this matters:** [[Chunking is the Point of Index Cards]] ![[image 6.jpeg]] **Caveat:** I don't *really* do this in [[My Notes]]. They are typically many index cards long. That's *probably* mostly out of laziness, though. If I took the time, I could distill and encapsulate them better. **** # More - [[Index Cards Index]] ## Source - [[Smart Brevity (Book)]]