The author erased her entire seven-year digital note archive to remove the burden of her “second brain.”.
Accumulating notes in a personal knowledge system turned archives into static mausoleums that replaced active thinking.
Over-reliance on PKM tools like Obsidian and Zettelkasten led to deferral of reflection and processing rather than living insights.
Deliberate deletion is framed as a design choice that reasserts agency, refines focus, and fosters a sense of presence.
The author now favors a minimalist approach, trusting memory and active engagement over total capture of information.
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