did you know that we consume 34 GB of information per day but how much of that information do you think our brain actually remembers this is where the sick and brain comes in and no noce nothing like this yes yes yes no y y yep cool I mean a sick and brain that is for normal people like us in this video I'm going to show you how you can set up an easy sick brain with one note and how to use it to do this I'll be using Thiago Forte's par method why have a sicken Brain before having my sicken brain I have been constantly overwhelmed by the Sea of information out there that I have completely burnt out a couple of times this year already with the Conant traveling as a digital Nomad trying to make YouTube videos and on top of all of that I'm still trying to study for postgrad exams as a medical doctor there were just so many moving parts and I find myself forgetting lots of important things and I was so sure so sure that my human brain is going to remember all those things of course when you need it it's gone gone from my memory then I end up feeling kind of crap and then I beat myself up for not remembering those things here's the thing guys David Allen in getting things done quotes that your brain is for having ideas and not holding them your second brain should be holding that information for you and it has been absolutely gamechanging it helps you store information in a systemized way where you can actually make use of it later on so if you're interested in making one let's get to it code is the key that elevates a normal note taking platform like one note to something really powerful of a second brain that actually serves you code stands for capture organize distill and express capturing this steps involves capturing information or ideas from various sources that resonates with you so these could be things like articles blog post tweets inspirational posts or reals that you found on Instagram or even things like shower thoughts or meaningful conversations that you've had with your special someone now here's a realistic example while I am scrolling on my phone on Instagram I found a post on a tips on how to have a lasting happy relationship so I want to quickly capture this into my second brain how I do this is that I use one note on on my phone and there is a widget here that allows me to capture information really quickly and then it ends up in my quick notes and I'll show you what to do with it later on in the video after capturing that information we organize the notes in a way that allows for action and this is where the par method comes in the rest of the two steps are the still and express which I won't cover in this video if you do want to learn about code please let me know in the comments below I can make a separate video on it because it did take me a while to know how to apply it in real life but before that make sure you hit the like like button if you've enjoyed this video so far now I'll show you how to use par in my one note to organize my second brain it's just an acronym and we love acronyms thank you Thiago Forte par stands for project Action Resources and archive and this form of organization is based on Thiago statement that the best way to organize your notes is to organize for Action according to the active projects you are working on right now project is the most actionable thing in all of your folders this is something that you're actively working on and there is a deadline with it examples of these could be like a presentation slide or PowerPoint that you're working for school or work moving Flats planning your next girls trip a 30-day fitness challenge becoming a better version of yourself project or other creative projects like that now action is ongoing responsibilities in your life and these things do not have an indate they are things like Health mental health relationship friendship family finances things like that go into action and resources is where you store useful information for your interests or your hobbies things that don't fit in the first two folders they go here and lastly is archives these are things that you're no longer working on actively but they also serve as a place where you can refer to your old notes if you need to now quick note doesn't fit into the par method but this is a very important area and this is also known as the inbox or for me the brain dump area this is a temporary home for all the notes that you've taken on the Fly remember that relationship advice that I captured early on in the video we are going to pick that up now and fit it into one of these four orders every time you're capturing a note you want to ask yourself how is this note going to help me move forward with any of my current projects will it help with any of my active projects right now or is it going to go into my responsibilities if it doesn't fit in any of the two that I've spoken about then it goes into resources so I think with this note it'll help with one of my responsibilities of being a good partner so it'll go into this folder here I'll show you my second brain setup in one note now first I opened a notebook called sick brain and then in order to set up via the power method I use sections as folders and for project each of these project gets a master page and this can be a space to consolidate all the information you've collected and I usually use this as a my map space and then I create sub Pages under the master page and this is where all the notes we've captured related to the subject for under my current projects and actions are usually based on my quarterly goals which I document in my Excel sheet that I'll show you a little later so as you can see there are also separate folders for Action Resources and archive and it's the same organization system for these two the beauty of this way of organizing your second brain is that there is zero pressure to be organized I know that sounds pretty contradictory but this is because none of the notes that you've captured is set in stone the information that you've created is completely fluid and it can move from folder to folder depending on where you need them for example I am all finished with making this video Pro Pro so it goes straight into my archive it doesn't mean that I don't need it anymore because later on I may require this information again when I make a similar video or need a video part two so I go back to my archive and search it up so you don't have to start from scratch if you're getting overwhelmed at this point of the video where you think that implementing a second brain is just going to be stressful going to be a lot more work and going to change completely everything that you've already set up don't worry because it's not supposed to replace everything in fact if you already have some sort of organized organizational system some sort of apps that you're already using then even better because the second brain is going to link up all of these tools and make you even more efficient you're still going to need your Google calendar you're still going to need your task manager the second brain only acts as the center or the digital brain of your personal Knowledge Management and I'll show you how it fits exactly into my existing workflow hey if you haven't subscribed to my channel yet please do and make sure you turn on your notifications so that you get tips on how to optimize your life and get to a game now this is my current workflow where I have a Google Excel sheet that has all my goals and to-do lists on it I also use Google Calendar to schedule all of the Todo task from the Excel sheet my YouTube video creation process is in an entirely separate app called Nifty which is a project management tool with all of this my sick brain fits right here so new ideas and knowledge come into the sick brain and they literally get converted into valuable knowledge and ideas for my actions and my projects later on because all this new information can Inspire new goals then my weekly to-do list also gets materialized as projects in my one note this is where the progress of ongoing projects are documented clearly I've also found that my videos are so much easier to make after having my second brain and this is my current workflow I capture ideas and quotes and books dayto day and store it in one place in my one note and then later on I colate all of this information in my master page and it gets converted into a script in my Nifty app the most common misconceptions that I hear is that the second brain is supposed to somehow be that one solution that fixes all your problems and replaces all the apps that you've been using I hope that I've shown you that this is not the case the sick brain serves as a digital brain that lightens your cognitive flow it frees up the human brain to do what it does best which is being creative and empow you to live your best life but everything I've talked about in this video is absolutely useless if you don't know how to use this one skill make sure you check out this video next to learn what it is and how to apply it