- **Epistemic status:** #budding The premise of evergreen notes is to develop arguments, ideas, and discussions as you are reading, watching shows, listening to a podcast, etc. across multiple disciplines. The difference between writing evergreen notes and writing [[Fleeting Notes]] is that these notes are permanent and can be understood without needing any exterior context. They can be produced when you are, as you transform [[Fleeting Notes]] into evergreen notes. As these notes grow they start to evolve getting their own identity, but you must ask yourself if this new information contradict, correct, support or add to the insight collected in your [[Digital Garden]]. How most people understand note-taking misses the point because [[Writing is the medium to understand a topic]] and is not a separate process done after the fact. To create evergreen notes, you need to understand the following principles: - [[Atomic Notes]] - [[Decentralizing The Note]] - [[Evergreen Notes Should Have Imperative And Declarative Titles]] The evergreen principles were published by Andy Matuschak that builds off the [[Zettlelkasten Method]] from [[Niklas Luhmann]] and How to take smart notes. --- ## References - Ahrens, Sönke. _How to take smart notes: One Simple Technique to Boost Writing, Learning and Thinking - for Students, Academics and Nonfiction Book Writers_. Createspace Independent Publishing Platform, 2017. - Andyʼs working notes. “Evergreen Notes.” Accessed July 21, 2022. <https://notes.andymatuschak.org/Evergreen_notes>. - “Growing the Evergreens.” Accessed July 21, 2022. <https://maggieappleton.com/evergreens>.