Upon the first light from your device, simply type something in your daily note. It can be a word, a sentence, a paragraph. It can pivot mid-sentence into a todo list. All that matters is that your first move at the monitor is an intentional one.

Before the last light leaves your device at the end of the day, go back to your daily note to reflect and drop a couple reminders into the next day’s daily note. Nothing calms the mind like knowing it’s no longer responsible for holding onto lingering thoughts.

Why does First Light, Last Light work?

It helps people get it all out of their head and onto the page.

We we feel a sense of control and our minds calm down when we put our thoughts somewhere we can see them. Sometimes, this is less about productivity and more about managing our emotions.

It’s one of the reasons so many people prefer their ideaverse to be a blend of personal and professional ideas, because having the habit of catching important thoughts helps us better understand and process things.

As we get ideas out of our head and on to the page, it often leads to creative solutions or meaningful insights. Then we can naturally link out from our daily note to related ideas, concepts, and notes our PKM system. This is where we refactor notes.

For those who want to go further, another benefit of digital daily notes is to ability to track things as varied as mood, weight, gratitude, and even the dreams we've had and the shows we’ve watched.

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