# Note System Guide

> Zettelkasten, PARA, Cornell and bullet journal compared honestly, plus a lightweight capture-first system you can keep up when life gets busy.

Made by EASYTECH, an independent app studio based in Annecy, France, which also makes the apps listed below. Guides that mention an app say so.

## Guides

- [Capture First, Organize Later: A Low-Friction Note System](https://notesystemguide.com/guides/capture-first-organize-later): Dump everything now, sort once a week. How a capture-first note system works, why filing at capture kills the habit, and how to stop the inbox piling up.
- [How to Choose a Note-Taking System: A Decision Table](https://notesystemguide.com/guides/how-to-choose-a-note-taking-system): Pick a system by the job your notes do, your weekly time and where you capture. A decision table for Zettelkasten, PARA, Cornell and bullet journal.
- [The Simplest Note-Taking System That Actually Sticks](https://notesystemguide.com/guides/smallest-note-taking-system): A note-taking system small enough to survive a busy month: one inbox, ten minutes of sorting a week, and rules on what to leave out until you need it.
- [Tags vs Folders for Notes: A Simple Rule to Decide](https://notesystemguide.com/guides/tags-vs-folders-for-notes): Folders give one clear home, tags give several labels. A simple rule for when to use each, how many tags is too many, and when search makes both optional.
- [Weekly Review for Notes: A 10-Minute Routine That Works](https://notesystemguide.com/guides/weekly-review-for-notes): A ten-minute weekly review for your notes: collect, sort, pick three, delete. Based on the GTD weekly review, with a checklist and a catch-up plan.
- [Why Note-Taking Systems Fail, and the Fixes That Work](https://notesystemguide.com/guides/why-note-taking-systems-fail): Six patterns that kill Zettelkasten, PARA and second brain setups by week three, each with a concrete fix, so your next system survives a busy month.
- [Zettelkasten for Beginners: Start With Five Notes](https://notesystemguide.com/guides/zettelkasten-for-beginners): Learn the Zettelkasten method from scratch: what a note holds, how to link, what Luhmann did, and a five-note starter exercise for paper or any app.
- [Zettelkasten vs PARA: Which Note System Fits You?](https://notesystemguide.com/guides/zettelkasten-vs-para): Zettelkasten builds ideas, PARA organises action. See where each wins, what each costs per week, and how to pick one or run a light mix of both.

## Tools

- [Weekly Notes Review Checklist: 10 Minutes, Printable](https://notesystemguide.com/tools/weekly-review-checklist): A ten-minute weekly review checklist for your notes: collect, sort into act, keep or delete, pick three, prune. Tick items off here, or print the page.
- [Which Note-Taking System Fits You? Free 3-Question Quiz](https://notesystemguide.com/tools/which-note-taking-system): Answer three questions about your notes, weekly time and where you write. Get one recommended system and its first step. No sign-up, nothing stored.

## Apps by EASYTECH (iPhone)

- [Nom](https://notesystemguide.com/apps/nom): A small blue creature that takes your thoughts, saves, screenshots and voice notes off your mind, files them, turns the big ones into tiny quests and brings back what you saved when you ask. App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6822888593

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