**A productivity technique combining both physical and digital media for their respective strengths.** The Medium Method comes from the [[Todoist Productivity Articles]]. It was actually _from_ that article. It's quite simple. It’s a process built to empower a [[Bullet Journaling|Bullet Journal]] with a digital support system. Leveraging the strengths of each medium to accommodate for the other’s weaknesses. > [!tldr]- Physical Media throughout the day, transcribe to digital support systems each night. > In the article he goes into details about having a main notebook, a travel notebook, and a [[Daily Post It]]. His transcription is just tasks and tweets and whatnot, not a full transcription to some digital recreation of the bullet journal. In principle it is 2 behaviors: # Use Physical Media Throughout the Day Carry a pen and a notebook. Use post-its. [[Capturing Notes]]. [[Capturing Tasks]]. [[Capturing Logs]] Do general [[Ongoing Capture]] & [[Bullet Journaling]]. This is like having a [[Daily Post It]], but it's also meant for capture, whereas the daily post-it by itself is meant to enhance focus & reduce overwhelm. # Transcribe to Digital Each Night Do a [[Daily Review]] each night in which you look over your notes from the day and process any actions or ideas into a digital repository. Offload tasks from the page to a [[Task Manager]]. Capture deadlines or appointments into your calendar. Add ideas worth developing to your [[Evergreen Notes]]. Send Tweets about whatever jokes you thought of. ![[IMG_0848.jpeg]] ## Benefits - lack of distraction - notebooks don't have apps - Active processing (not transcribing) causes you to remember more by writing less ([[Less, but Better]]) - Free-form & fun - Immediate [[Progressive Summarization]], [[Distillation|distilling]] fleeting thoughts and notes into a permanent system keeps cruft out. ## Drawbacks - Duplication of effort - capture & transcribing later is writing one thing twice - Establishes a habit of getting **on** a screen at night before bed, right when you would really not want to be on one **** ### Source - [[Todoist Productivity Articles]] ### Related