Note every note you take should end up in your Zettelkastenor your Note-Making System. Lists of errands to run, jobs to do are best organised elsewhere.
I separate the storage of documents (PDFs, web articles and so on) from where I store my notes. This is because I want to avoid the Collectors Fallacy, something I’ve been prone to in the past.
I have developed my own terminology. Instead of Evergreen Notes, I use the term Cornerstone Note because I like the idea that they are building blocks of information.
The term ‘Evergreen Notes’ is used by Andy Matushak to describe notes which are more than fleeting.
Evergreen notes adhere to the Zettelkasten Principles which makes it easier to do consistently.
I have developed my own terminology. Instead of Evergreen Notes, I use the term Cornerstone Note because I like the idea that they are building blocks of information.
The nature of a Note-Taking System is that it is an interconnected network of your ideas, concepts, thoughts or feelings.
Feelings are not normally mentioned, but because I want to test how a Note-Making System can help with Creativity Activation, I am also including feelings in the sorts of items that I collect.
I think it is quite likely that a piece of poetry or prose will engender a similar feeling when I see a great piece of art or when I hear or see something that evokes the same feeling.