Welcome to the Forever ✱ Notes Forum!

Matthias

Hi there, and welcome to the official Forever ✱ Notes community! 🎉

I'm so glad you’re here. This is a space for productivity enthusiasts like you to share tips, tricks, and experiences using the Forever ✱ Notes method. Whether you’re a beginner or an advanced user, this community is all about learning, helping each other out, and refining our note-taking and organization skills using Apple Notes.

Here are a few ways to get started:

Introduce yourself in the comments and tell us how you’re using Forever ✱ Notes.
Got a question? Head over to Q&A and Help—me and the community are here to support you!
If you have any cool workflows or stories to share, we’d love to see them in the Workflows & Use Cases section.

Please be kind to one another. Let’s get productive together, one note at a time!

— Matthias

mettlerr

Matthias Need help with the German language documentation? Let me know. Ich bin deutscher Muttersprachler (Schweizer).

Martijn

New user here! My name is Martijn. I’ve tried a lot of note-taking and productivity systems over the past year, but none of them ever seemed to stick. I eventually reverted to just throwing my notes into Apple Notes. I love the simplicity of this system, so I’m really eager to give it a proper try this time. Retrofitting my current notes was also pretty easy.

For hybrid Apple/Windows users, there’s a way to get a sort-of Apple Notes app on Windows that I use:

https://www.reddit.com/r/productivity/comments/1at8vds/apple_notes_on_windows/

It’s not as great as the native Apple app, but it does the job and makes the system accessible on Windows.

Matthias

Martijn How interesting! Will share this on the Threads account.

Alex-de-Witte

New User here and like others a PARA fan but not a folder fan lmao because I have one thing I want to setup and yes it is a map.

AlexandaPanda

mettlerr I would also be happy to receive a German translation. Isn't Matthias German by any chance?

Matthias

He is 😊 Thanks so much for asking about a German translation! Right now, I’m still refining the website and docs, so there are frequent updates and additions. Translating it all into German would be double the work every time something changes. But once everything’s more robust, it might be something to consider down the road. Thank you for your patience! 🙏

Matthias

Matthias I put it onto the roadmap 😃 https://www.myforevernotes.com/roadmap

AlexandaPanda

Matthias I'm curious, do you live in the United States as a German? And I would be interested in which area you work beyond this project, if that is not a secret. I am sincerely interested in your work, especially this project. I found the new sticker under "Merch" and would really like to have it as a fan of Forever ✱ notes, only it is produced in the United States and shipping to Germany is probably a bit cumbersome.

Nykon

Hello, everyone. I'm coming from Obsidian. (It was too much for what I needed, although the visualizer of linked tags was such a cool non-value add.) I love the F*N structure, and it was that missing link I have been looking for with digital note-taking. I can't wait to see the creative workflows, and I hope I can develop some of my own.

Paul

Hi Folks! Having practiced Bullet Journalling for some time I was always wondering how I could adopt this practice in my iPad Pro workflow. This methodology, a new iPad and the Pencil Pro have come together at almost the same time to recreate my notebook practice on my iPad. I've made a few minor changes to fit my practice but I'm all in on my iPad handwriting my notes in Apple Notes!

joaoalm

Paul

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B52IgKsKjEA&pp=ygUaYXBwbGUgbm90ZXMgYnVsbGV0IGpvdXJuYWw%3D

maybe this could give you some tipps 🙂

savinay

Paul @Matthias Can I ask how you’re using handwriting? I love using my Apple Pencil Pro, but I have a reMarkable Paper Pro and am wondering if I should return it given this new notes structure. Just don’t know how to use handwriting effectively given most of Forever ✱ Notes is text based.

bramhubbell

Hi, I’m Bram. I’m a long time digital note taker with notes going back to 2006 or so! (I migrated them from Evernote to Apple Notes). I shifted careers two years ago and became quite intrigued with BuJo. I kept feeling a tension between paper & pen notes and being a long time digital note taker. As soon as I saw Forever Notes, I knew it was the right choice for me. It’s been almost two months now, and I love the system.

I move back and forth between my iPhone and iPads for note taking. I also love the idea of integrating Shortcuts into the notes. After seeing how Matthias built the Today Note Shortcut and put it as a link on every note, I did something similar to link to my Custom Next 7 Days List in Reminders. That way I can easily check what I have coming up and can add to my notes. I'm thinking about other potential links in the notes.

pjsalinas

Hi, I came across Forever Notes by chance while browsing YouTube videos. I like the idea. I decluttered my Notes folders, but I can see that setting up the whole system takes time.

What I mean by that is, even after using the provided shortcuts, you still have to link each note representing each day of the year with the monthly and quarterly notes, and vice versa. Even with a text expander added to help with this, it takes time. At least, that's what I got following the instructions from the website.

A combination of Forever Notes and "Daily Plan" (https://shokk.wordpress.com/2024/11/15/my-daily-plan-shortcut-for-apple-devices/) at the time of setting up the method on your device would be a great way to engage more people with this system. I love it! Thanks for sharing.

If you need any help translating this to Spanish, please let me know. I'd be happy to do it.

svorsk

Greetings from Norway! I'm a former Evernote Business Certified Consultant and have tinkered in the space of productivity since my days of using a Franklin Quest Planner. I think Forever ✱ Notes is remarkable! I find the system to be clear, effective, and reliable. Not to mention really pleasing to the eye. After a week of using it, I'm hooked.

It feels like I've become as organized as Sheldon Cooper from The Big Bang Theory TV show, without all the OCD!

I like it so much, that I published a story about it on Medium: https://medium.com/practice-in-public/how-forever-notes-makes-me-feel-like-iron-man-9babef9db089

karitsu

Excited to dive in with Forever Notes! After getting set up last night, I was so surprised to stop by here and see the methodology has only been public for 2 weeks - it feels so mature!!

I’ve opted to use Bear instead of Apple Notes, because I prefer the available color themes. It works quite well!

First day using this system was the first day I got to inbox zero in months. Coincidence? I think not. A true second brain!

Dschingels

Got to know "Forever Notes" through a YouTuber. Since I use Notes, I am not happy with it. Looking forward to getting it organized in the new Framework.

Jeff

👋Hello all, I’m Jeff.

I discovered F✱N fortuitously while glancing through the r/AppleNotesGang subreddit.

I’m trying to become better organized and hope this approach hits the spot! My note taking journey has been:

Evernote ➡️ Bear ➡️ Craft ➡️ F✱N.

Maniek

Hi! I'm Maniek and three days ago I discovered ForeverNotes. I'ts something I craved for… I've immediately adopted it and somehow felt calmer… Thank you @Matthias for your work 🙏🏻