# Meta-Fleeting A fleeting note is a note-type that is similar to the scratchpad or piece of scrap paper where you write on during a call. The primary use-case is to **capture a thought or information** as quickly as possible, **without breaking the flow** of what is currently in progress. To achieve this, a [[t2c1 fleeting|template]] in combination with the [[Obsidian-QuickAdd]] plugin and a [[Obsidian-Hotkeys|hotkey]] is used to create a fleeting note. This note is created at the root at the vault. The content of the fleeting note is not predetermined — anything can go in here. E.g. thoughts, links, ideas, reminders, ... Every few days, the created fleeting notes are processed. The contents will be transformed / merged into other notes, tasks or simply be deleted. --- ## Related - **previous** none - **see** [[t2c1 fleeting]] for the the template for fleeting notes - **see** [[Obsidian-QuickAdd]] for more information on the plugin - **see** [[Obsidian-Hotkeys]] for the full list of custom hotkeys - **see** [[Meta-Templates]] for available templates - **see** [[Meta-Categories types and entities]] for all available note types - **see** [[Meta-Naming]] on the naming conventions for fleeting notes ## Sources - **references** [[A System for Writing]] for the initial idea of taking fleeting notes to capture anything ## Usage - **used in** none --- ## Changelog - [[2026-06-07]]: Initial creation