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Why PACER Is the Key to Smarter Note-Taking
Because sometimes the best insights come from unexpected places
I’ve been neck-deep in personal knowledge management for years now, trying every system and app that promised to revolutionize how I store information. But something kept bugging me. Why did some notes turn into action while others just sat there collecting digital dust?
Then I stumbled across Dr. Justin Sung’s PACER framework. It wasn’t even designed for PKM — it’s actually about how we process different types of information when we’re learning. But as I dug into it, I realized it might solve one of the biggest problems in knowledge management: we treat all information the same way, but our brains don’t.
HUGE UPDATE: Check out this article on how to apply PACER with templates and examples!
What’s PACER Anyway?
Before I dive into how this changed my note-taking game, let me break down what PACER actually means. It’s pretty simple once you get past the acronym.
