Stop the search. Craft your personal knowledge system so you never lose another idea.
Hi! I’m Elizabeth Butler. I help busy people create personal knowledge management (PKM) systems. I'll help you organize your ideas, notes, and documents so you can find more clarity, time, creativity, and calm.
My Calmer Notes learning bundle (with guided ebook, companion workbook, and exclusive PKM software database) is launching later in 2021. Pre-order on Gumroad today to get an exclusive early-adopter discount.
Craft Your Personal Knowledge Management System This Week: Your Free 7-Day Plan
Get a guided, action-oriented seven-day plan to get started with building a sustainable personal knowledge management system for managing your digital notes and files.
How to Build a Personal Knowledge Management System in 5 Steps: an Overview of the Calmer Notes Method
Start where you are. Define your destination. Draft your blueprint. Choose your apps. Build your library.
10 personal knowledge management courses to organize your digital notes in 2021 and beyond
We've had some amazing developments in digital note management over the last few years. We saw the rise of apps like Craft, Notion, Obsidian, and Roam Research. Coverage of digital mind gardens hit mainstream media. Established note-taking software kept iterating and improving. But as more options have become available, it
Building in public: behind the scenes of Calmer Notes in November 2021
Writing the Calmer Notes manuscript, creating infographics, and selling out the first tier with preorders (!) thanks to my lovely early adopters.
How to Take Notes from Podcasts: 4 Streamlined Podcast Note-Taking Apps
It can be difficult to take notes from podcasts. How do you remember key points? How can you find specific information later? With these 4 podcast note-taking apps, you’ll always remember the details.
9 Creative Personal Knowledge Management System Examples to Inspire You
Browse through the PKM setups of talented creators to get some inspiration as you build or remodel your own personal knowledge management system.
Craft Your Personal Knowledge Management System This Week: Your Free 7-Day Plan
Get a guided, action-oriented seven-day plan to get started with building a sustainable personal knowledge management system for managing your digital notes and files.
How to Build a Personal Knowledge Management System in 5 Steps: an Overview of the Calmer Notes Method
Start where you are. Define your destination. Draft your blueprint. Choose your apps. Build your library.
From digital notetaking to goal-oriented PKM: design a mindful personal knowledge management system by asking yourself this 1 key question
A true PKM system encompasses more than just notes. Building yourself a customized, mindfully-designed personal knowledge management system means starting with the end in mind.
Building in public: behind the scenes of Calmer Notes in October 2021
Table of Contents Inspiration for Building in PublicI know that I always like to know the behind-the-scenes story of how projects were developed, how they grew, and how they changed over time. I'm inspired by creators like Steph Smith, Marie Poulin, and Anne-Laure Le Cunff who are focused on building
The 7 best note-taking apps to get started with personal knowledge management in 2021
A roundup of stand-out note-taking apps for note-taking, working on your next writing project, or building your digital mind garden.
These 5 key principles of the Calmer Notes method will help you create a sustainable personal knowledge management system
Make sure your PKM system is universal, simple, flexible, delightful, and quick.
Focus on system, not software: you can finally stop worrying about trying to find the perfect digital note-taking app
End analysis paralysis and avoid bright shiny object syndrome. When you start with your system, not the software, you can build a mindful, deliberate PKM plan based on your goals and outcomes.
What's Your Personal Knowledge Management Persona? Take the Free Quiz to Find Out
Take this free quiz to find out your personal knowledge management (PKM) persona - and get personalized recommendations for digital note-taking apps to help you achieve your goals.
Here's why busy people need personal knowledge management (+ the three essential parts to any PKM system)
Personal knowledge management (PKM) means having an organized system for the information, documents, and notes you encounter on a daily basis.
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