Remember more, or choose to forget? I talk a lot on here about efforts to improve my memory by using tools like Anki. I believe that knowing some things by heart is important. On the other hand, I have an extensive notes database that I constantly manicure (
This fits so well with one of the ideas from David Allen's GTD: put stuff into a trusted system (which is not your head!). Your idea of then intentionally putting some things back into your head just makes it better.
This fits so well with one of the ideas from David Allen's GTD: put stuff into a trusted system (which is not your head!). Your idea of then intentionally putting some things back into your head just makes it better.
I've built a lot of my life around what David Allen has said. Trusted systems are indeed essential!