LYT 101 » Why am I here | What is LYT | Is LYT For Me | How do I start
If you want to get your thoughts in order and are often overwhelmed by the web, then it’s likely that LYT is for you. But where are you at in your experience with notes in general? Because it makes a difference if you have 5 notes or if you have 500.
If you’re just starting out
You don’t need any of this. Just make notes and start writing. Link those notes. Worry about structure later. Come back after you have at least 50 notes.
If you’ve got around 100-500 notes
Some of your favorite notes will become harder to find. You’ll start to desire a way to structure and organize your notes. Like a vampire thirsting for blood, you’ll find yourself gravitating toward the creation of MOCs.
If you’ve got around 1000-5000 notes
You’ll want to structure your structures. This is where these flexible frameworks starts providing mega-value. There are a lot of benefits.
If you’ve got 5000-50,000 notes
Note retrieval issues become amplified: can you find the thing you’re looking for? I would say your only hope is a fundamentally robust set of co-existing frameworks. A library with LYT frameworks can scale effectively at these numbers. You’ll probably have MOCs built upon other MOCs. I would imagine the Home note (along with search) would be your initial launching pad.
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If you have Asperger’s, or ADHD, or you just tend to over-organize
I implore you to approach Ideaverse for Obsidian with caution. Sure, it’s awesome, but you can’t leap to “11” and bypass counting “1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10”. The only structure that can work over time, is the structure that slowly emerges over time—validating its own existence through its use.
This kit shows you how to get there, but DO NOT start structuring your “ultimate” system right now. It will fail you, because it will be fragile, because it wasn’t forged in the fire of practical usage. You will waste time and enthusiasm—and could possibly burn out.
Let the links do the work.
So Trust the process and enjoy the incremental journey of structure emerging organically. As you run into Mental Squeeze Points keep these principles in mind. Keep them handy. But try to stop yourself from over-designing everything today. It won’t be helpful. If that’s not enough of a warning, please review Gall’s Law.
If you’re still enthusiastic about the fluid frameworks in the LYT method, then Set Up Your Home Note.
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