> [!example]
> [[My Inputs]]
Sources brought into your [[PKM System]].
You can see the inputs I consume at [[My Inputs]].
And see how I process them in [[My Inputs Workflow]]
## What
### Types
[[Literature notes]] like
- [[Books]]
- [[My Articles]]
- [[My Podcasts]]
- [[My Videos]]
Other ones include:
- Seedlings in [[Evergreen Notes]]
- [[Thoughts]]
- [[Meeting Notes]]
## How
Set up your [[Quick capture tools]]
Follow [[My Inputs Workflow]]
### Structure
#### Summary
A summary in the chance you want to revisit the note
[[Readwise Reader]] provides a summary you can use if you want.
Alternatively, this can be moved to just a [[Metadata]] field with a one-point summary
#### Notes
The notes you create from [[#Processing]] your inputs.
#### Highlights
Raw highlights and content from the book.
### Metadata
#### Source
URL
#### Collection
Link to the related [[Input Collections]]
#### Author
Can be a link to related [[Prominent People]]
#### Status
- 🟥️ Not Started
- 🟧️️ Note Taking
- 🟨️ Processing
- 🟩️️ Finished
- ⬛️️ Archived
##### Backlog
For notes you have yet to start taking notes on, either because you bookmarked it or have put it on hold.
##### Note-Taking
For unfinished content you are still [[Note-taking|taking notes on]]
[[My Inputs Workflow#Note-Taking]]
##### Processing
Finished consuming, are in the stage of processing into relevant notes or use cases.
[[My Inputs Workflow#Processing]]
##### Finished
It is still handy to keep the note so we know the sources of our ideas, which is helpful for [[How to be a credible creator|credibility]] or inspiration
### Extras
#### Additional Plugins
- Videos
- Media Extended plugin lets you watch videos inside Obsidian
- Shortcut for adding timestamps into a note
- Podcasts
- PodNotes is a useful interface for managing podcasts and episodes you listen to
- Shortcut for adding timestamps into a note
## Inspirations
[[Konik Method for Making Useful Notes]]