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# The Importance of a Good Capture System
- URL: https://www.bramadams.dev/202301120220/
- Published: 2023-01-28T01:52:59.000Z
- Updated: 2023-01-28T01:52:59.000Z
- Author: Bram Adams
- Tags: obsidian, zettelkasten

> ???? Why did i think i would remember what this meant  

![](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Fl89sYJWAAIaMLl.jpg)

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This is why having good capture systems is critical. Don't underestimate the [Doorway Effect](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doorway%5Feffect?ref=bramadams.dev#:~:text=The%20doorway%20effect%20is%20a,remained%20in%20the%20same%20place.),and don't trust that ideas will lodge themselves in long term memory just because you've consciously willed it/desire it to stick.

Also come up with trusty shorthands. Some of mine:

```md
- 'tdo' = '- [ ]'
- 'tpo' = 'to-process'
- 'p{#}' = active project #1, #2, ...

```