- Working title
- Put Dates on Drafts
- Category
- Notes
- Topic
- Writing
- Mood
- Practical
- Core idea
- Drafts become easier to judge when the date shows whether the idea is still alive or only familiar.
- Real-world trigger
- Opening a document and being unable to tell whether it was written last week or last year.
- Specific detail to use
- The file title says new but the modified date says February.
- Post shape
- Practical note
- Ending direction
- Finish by pointing towards a small habit that prevents future guessing.