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When note-taking systems become overly complex

I have three different journals going simultaneously for different topics but I keep writing the same thoughts in all of them and wonder if I am overthinking the organization of my inner life.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The desire to categorize and control inner experience can create artificial separations that fragment natural thought processes.

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