Re:The One Notebook Habit (2018)
by gen220 on Sunday December 22, 2019 @12:43AM
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Personally, I see writing as a symbolic form of “doing”: the disintegrating and reintegrating information. It’s one way to learn and remember.
At work, I find note taking to be almost useless for me personally, even though I feel like I’m learning new things each day. Although, I’ve noticed a quirk - whenever I learn something that surprises me, I feel the urge to share it out loud to my coworkers. I feel like that might take the place of writing it down?
Sometimes I feel guilty (?) about the fact that I don’t write as much any more. But, on reflection, I might have just replaced writing with orating...
Running with that idea, maybe oral conversation is an underrated ruminative method: with its great space for nuance and emphasis, and its tight feedback loop between speaker and listener. The only limits are working memory and persistence; if you’re dealing with too many interacting concepts, and your original point doesn’t stick, it’s usually gone forever. Although, maybe those are very useful filters :)
At work, I find note taking to be almost useless for me personally, even though I feel like I’m learning new things each day. Although, I’ve noticed a quirk - whenever I learn something that surprises me, I feel the urge to share it out loud to my coworkers. I feel like that might take the place of writing it down?
Sometimes I feel guilty (?) about the fact that I don’t write as much any more. But, on reflection, I might have just replaced writing with orating...
Running with that idea, maybe oral conversation is an underrated ruminative method: with its great space for nuance and emphasis, and its tight feedback loop between speaker and listener. The only limits are working memory and persistence; if you’re dealing with too many interacting concepts, and your original point doesn’t stick, it’s usually gone forever. Although, maybe those are very useful filters :)