How do you balance the need for a structured note-taking system with the spontaneity that sometimes produces the best creative insights? Does rigidity ever stifle discovery?
This is such a refreshing perspective. Thank you for acknowledging the early phases of finding our voices and not asking us to burry it under layers of pretense. Silence makes room for intentionality—especially at first.
A good article. On th e other hand (the left, in my case), and not to be antagonistic, sometimes it seems that the short random post, well expressed, can become the thought that resonates in the reader's mind - and isn't the point primarily to move the reader, even if only momentarily?
I used to post random notes just to stay consistent, but most of them went nowhere. It felt like shouting into the void.
What changed was building a simple workflow—capturing ideas, organizing them, and batching content. In just a few weeks, my newsletter grew from 3 to 48 subscribers (+1,500%) and views shot up 694%.
Your line — “random Notes don’t compound, they evaporate” — says it perfectly. A system is what makes consistency actually pay off.
Exactly. Everyone will tell you to write daily but they don't know your schedule and so we really have to take the time to explore and experiment ourselves
I am not a writer but I can write… the quality of which is obviously debatable… but the fact remains. This is but only another post of your many that completely resonate. So maybe if I am lucky it’s a case of ‘it takes one to know one’ lol. Sincere thanks for your guidance and example.
Great insight and knowledge is shared here! Thanks for being transparent and truthful about the journey.
Thank you. I value your insight.
Hi Benjamin,
Thank you for your valuable insights.
I often make the mistake you mentioned: publishing random thoughts.
It's consistent but random. The readers, like you mentioned, can't make out what I am about.
I will do this experiment with notes. I almost did it once and had a nice meaning and consistency.
Thanks
That would be great. I'd love to hear your results after a months time :)
How do you balance the need for a structured note-taking system with the spontaneity that sometimes produces the best creative insights? Does rigidity ever stifle discovery?
Not in my experience no. There is always room for spontaneity…in my experience it is the structure that increase these bursts of inspiration
This is such a refreshing perspective. Thank you for acknowledging the early phases of finding our voices and not asking us to burry it under layers of pretense. Silence makes room for intentionality—especially at first.
A good article. On th e other hand (the left, in my case), and not to be antagonistic, sometimes it seems that the short random post, well expressed, can become the thought that resonates in the reader's mind - and isn't the point primarily to move the reader, even if only momentarily?
Tom
Ben, this really hits home.
I used to post random notes just to stay consistent, but most of them went nowhere. It felt like shouting into the void.
What changed was building a simple workflow—capturing ideas, organizing them, and batching content. In just a few weeks, my newsletter grew from 3 to 48 subscribers (+1,500%) and views shot up 694%.
Your line — “random Notes don’t compound, they evaporate” — says it perfectly. A system is what makes consistency actually pay off.
This is quite crucial advice! Thanks for the disciplinary jolt!
This is a brilliant way to approach notes.
Currently think I’m kind of in the general space of what I write weekly about.
But I could get way tighter.
Thank you for this share.
Your welcome. Took me a long time to come tot this conclusion
that's it. There is also the point of getting ideas and then making sure it works to our rhythm and aligned to our needs.
Exactly. Everyone will tell you to write daily but they don't know your schedule and so we really have to take the time to explore and experiment ourselves
Thanks for the read. Thoughts and writing with direction or letting it be free flow. But writing is done.
Good advice, Ben. I especially like your wisdom to aim for “internal clarity” rather than “external cues.”
Thanks.
That is what it’s all about. Even if you’ve been at it for years
I am not a writer but I can write… the quality of which is obviously debatable… but the fact remains. This is but only another post of your many that completely resonate. So maybe if I am lucky it’s a case of ‘it takes one to know one’ lol. Sincere thanks for your guidance and example.
You may be right there Kai. Thanks for your support 🙏
Interesting. It's a little bit of what I am doing following a goal. I appreciated article. Thank you
This was so calming to read, thank you for the insight and the peacefulness of your writing.
This article was so practical and helpful. Thank you for sharing. I’m going to set my scaffolding up this week.
I absolutely loved this take. So helpful! Thank you!
Thanks Max. So glad to hear that