^Mark ^Write ^Describe ^Inform ^Form ~note~ ~informal~ ~journal~ ~information~ ~formal~

1. ^Choose an ^Open ^Simple ~mechanism~ to record it.  ^Trust and ^Care ^First to ^Prepare it. 
2. For ^Formal ~communication~, or ~organization~ of ~ideas~ or ^Important details, ^Consider:
   1. A time/date ^First and/or a ~journal~ of updates. 
   2. ^Gather relevant details. 
   3. Add a title ^When its ~purpose~ does ^Appear. 
   4. ^Choose and ^Care to ^Write ^Formal ~work~. 
   5. ^Imagine or ^Aim to ^Tell someone else (our future ~self~, a ~buddy~ or posterity). 
   6. ^Separate it from ^Informal notes. 
   7. ^Search for ~time-and-place~ to ^Gather and ^Write it. 
3. ^Informal ~work~, ^Informal ~communication~ or ^Temporary lists, ^Consider it ~as~ a ~reminder~:
   1. ^Separate it from ^Formal notes. 
   2. ^Leave it ^Where we ^Need it. 
   3. ^Trust and ^Care to ^Write it in any ~way~ that we ^Feel is right. 
4. ^Review ~regularly~. 

^Mark is a mode of ^Write to ^Gather our ~thoughts~ ^Quickly ~as~ we ^Avoid an ~excess~ of distraction.  This is for everyone!  We can ^Make a ~habit~ to ^Journal. 

To ^Separate ^Informal ~work~ from ^Formal ~work~ in the same ~journal~, we can ^Feel the nature of ^What we are about to ^Write ^First and then ^Choose to ^Separate it.  For ~example~, we may put ^Informal ~work~ on the left (^Back) side of a page and ^Proper ~communication~ on the right (~front~ or ~dominant~) side of a page. 

Anytime we ^Need time to ^Explore ~complexity~ or ~as~ an ~aid~ to ^Share or ^Remember.