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personal conventions when taking notes

notes in .txt files

>>> A small-scale to-do item. (especially when taking meeting notes)
>===> A conclusion.
?===? A question that I want to ponder, the sort of question I might write in my journal.
##########>> A goal to work towards. Several pound signs is a small goal, 15 is a medium goal, 30 is a large goal.

notes in source code files

##X A very temporary comment. It's intended to be deleted before checking it in to Git.
While this mechanism may seem tiny and unimportant, these comments really help my brain process information.
(maybe write a pre-commit hook in Git, to screen for these?)