How I created and use my analog Zettelkasten | Step-by-step guide

A concise and practical overview of Zettelkasten, with enough specifics to be a complete course in itself. After years of searching for a way of studying that made sense to me, I found the Zettelkasten methodology, which as anyone familiar with it has experienced, is overwhelming in the amount of information available on YouTube and the internet. This brief video is organized amazingly well, and is effective in introducing Zettelkasten in a way that nothing else I have researched has been able to do, itself a demonstration of how useful Zettelkasten may be. Very nice work. And thanks.

The best zettlekasten tutorial I’ve seen after doing a lot of searching. Thank you!

This is certainly the most straight forward to the Antinet Zettelkasten method. More straight forward than Scott himself indeed. Thanks and cheers from Chile 🇨🇱

This video give me complete clarity of using this method. Thank you.

I found this video unintentionally relaxing.

this video is far better than any other videos around for beginners

I am glad to hear I am not the only one struggling with the academic discipline references. Especially when they don't show the reference numbers anymore. I appreciate your break down of the folgezettel, even though I think I have decided on a different approach. I think I will try letters for the main topic followed by a numbering for each card.

This was exactly what I was looking for. Thank you so much!

Thanks a lot, a very clear video. It was of great help for me. Now, I can to begin now my analog zettlekasten

I appreciate your approach to Zettelkasten, especially analogue Zettelkasten, without getting into polemics about analogue vs digital approaches. I look forward to any future Zettelkasten videos you create.

I like your video. I'm more interested in hearing success stories about how its helped people so im hoping you post some at a later date. I started creating my own around 10 months ago after reading that same book and watching about a dozen yt vids on it. I started with both obsidian and an analog one at the same time. Putting the same info into both and structuring them both the same. There is something about the tactile nature of writing and touching cards that seems to trigger better memorization in me over the digital version. I've settled on digital though mainly because of speed. In the same amount of time i put 1 zettle in i can put around 3-5 in the digital version and the graph view ive found increases my productivity in finding new connections. The biggest thing i found was that i got caught up in expanding it as quickly as possible but realized that it was too broad and narrowed it down to focus on specific goals/projects. I think you need to create it with a goal or goals in mind as this is really only useful for certain things in order for it to be productive for you. Its strength is in the finding/seeing connections/relationships between the things and helping you track them.

Very informative and easy to follow.. I know following Scot's book is overwhelming for beginner.. and for someone who just want to produce book or do research in certain topics, I don't need to follow some wikipedia codes or categories of discipline. I think your approach is very feasible because in the beginning we have some projects in mind that we want to research. Best of luck.. I wish you can update your video after you have couple of hundreds cards... I want to see where it goes...

I've been trying to understand the method for two weeks, I finally found your video and Scott's, thank you. Here in Brazil there is not much content about the Lumen method.

Great guide. Thank you. I have also done away with Scott's 5 starting cards and moved to doing what you describe here, start with what you are reading. Also, doing your notes, then putting the book down for a while. That is a great idea. I have found selection is the hardest discipline, and I wonder if doing that will help. I'm going to try it. Thanks!

This is a great breakdown!! Concise and clear. Now go fill it up!!!

Excellent job of simplifying how to do a Z. Sometimes less is more. TY

ES EL MEJOR VIDEO QUE HAY SOBRE EL SISTEMA DE ZETTELKASTEN... MUY BIEN EXPLICADO. GRACIAS!!!!!

as soon as i saw sertillanges on your index, i clicked like. as soon as i saw the book, i subscribed. and then your “second” card sites chesterton? awesome. i’m looking forward to seeing what else you create, including this project of yours! best of luck!

Good video. My current way of noting references is a modification what Scheper uses - i do it set up in Zotero too, but your analog catalogue made me think that maybe I should adopt it. It's going to be interesting if and when I'm using videos, podcasts and other online only sources. I currently have only one actual book in my ZK but many "potential" things to install in it, but... procrastination and all that. Lol! EDIT: Upon further thought, the only "problem" with online only sources is that you can't reference them offline so you would be on your computer anyway so putting them in Zotero or whatever is logical, but a backup is nice to have so my only "problem" with it is mostly nonexistent and just a me thing. Sorry for rambling.

Nice vid! Just subbed and looking forward to more.