The "Campsite Rule" for your notes

The Campsite Rule 🏕️

There’s a common rule in most campsites, even if it’s not officially defined as such. It’s a widely accepted convention by campers worldwide and can be summarized as follows:

When leaving a campsite, you should leave it in better condition than you found it.

Applying It to Your Notes 📝

While this rule was primarily conceived for campsites, it can be applied seamlessly to your notes and documents. These materials are created by you for your future benefit, with the intention of using them at some point. Therefore, you should apply the “campsite rule” to the note you are reviewing or revisiting.

You can follow these steps to apply this rule to your notes:

• Underlining or highlighting the most important parts.
• Adding headings and subheadings to the note’s content.
• Summarizing the note’s content in one or two sentences.
• Incorporating new relevant information or comments.
• Removing unnecessary information.

When you adopt this habit of applying the campsite rule to your notes, they become more valuable and easier to find for your future self.

Thanks for Reading 🙏

I appreciate you reading this article. I hope this information proves useful, and you begin to adopt this new habit of applying the campsite rule to your notes.

Hope to see you in future posts. 👋