Re:Ask HN: What would a note taking app for visual learners ...
by themodelplumber on Friday May 08, 2020 @08:40PM
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One of the concepts I've found really works well for dreamers/creators/organizers is the blank slate. I call this Rebasing--creating psychological distance from the previous, less-desired mental state in order to bring about a new, desired mental state. A LOT of people tell me that they need to move from digital to paper as part of this process. (I have some weird theories as to why this is)
What I learned from there is that it's also important in many cases to move from paper back to digital, capturing what you developed on paper and integrating it, where possible, back into the "previous" thing, ideally making the previous thing into something else. Something better, maybe lighter, etc. Otherwise what can happen is that lessons go unlearned, thoughts that really should have been remembered or communicated don't get remembered, etc.
What I learned from there is that it's also important in many cases to move from paper back to digital, capturing what you developed on paper and integrating it, where possible, back into the "previous" thing, ideally making the previous thing into something else. Something better, maybe lighter, etc. Otherwise what can happen is that lessons go unlearned, thoughts that really should have been remembered or communicated don't get remembered, etc.