1 Writing and publishing my Zettelkasten in English can be a good way to practice the Feynman-technique

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The Feynman-technique urges you to learn by

1. Teaching a topic to yourself
2. Teaching the topic to someone else, optimally in a simple way (like teaching it to a 10 year old)
3. Identify the gaps of your understanding
4. Keep learning, refining and simplifying your knowledge

Publishing is a mindset of teaching

Publishing my thoughts facilitate the mindset of teaching, explaining.

Writing in English makes me simplify

Since English is my second language, using it makes me simplify my message.

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Related

• The constant dilemma of writing in my native or writing in English
• The pros and cons of performative writing
• Calling my Zettelkasten a digital garden could be a good reminder that it doesn’t have to do more than the joy of keeping it: 1c-calling-it-a-digital-garden-is-a-good-reminder-that-one-can-keep-a-zettelkasten-just-for-the-joy-of-keeping-it
• Other learning techniques
• What is a Zettelkasten
• How can you start a Zettelkasten? (With a niche idea, and go from there): 1b-the-first-card-of-a-zettelkasten-is-usually-niche

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Technical links

• 0-root
• 1a-we-can-get-stuck-in-analysis-paralysis-because-of-the-wide-variety-of-possible-first-baby-steps
• 1b-the-first-card-of-a-zettelkasten-is-usually-niche
• 1c-calling-it-a-digital-garden-is-a-good-reminder-that-one-can-keep-a-zettelkasten-just-for-the-joy-of-keeping-it