Re:Ask HN: Why the obsession with note taking?
by MattGaiser on Thursday January 27, 2022 @05:28AM
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Do you not have a need to regularly record information in your life for later (genuine question)? I am curious how you avoid note taking without forgetting a ton of things.
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Re:Ask HN: Why the obsession with note taking?
by tgaj on Thursday January 27, 2022 @05:44AM
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I am not sure if I understood this question but with unmedicated ADHD you really have to write everything down, even the smallest, simplest tasks, and a lot of information for "future me". I even have to write about things that I do every day. Nothing really sticks in your mind. Notetaking is not a choice but a neccesity. When you are medicated you still want to take notes it you want to be even more organized but you can choose not too and probably be fine like a lot of other people without ADHD.
Re:Ask HN: Why the obsession with note taking?
by MattGaiser on Thursday January 27, 2022 @05:57AM
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As far as I know I do not have ADHD. I still find it quite useful to write everything down and make sure that I completed everything I needed to do that day. Very easy to forget to reply to someone or that some small thing has a deadline upcoming.
If I really care about the meetings I attended being useful (not often), I will take notes on what is discussed and decided.
Re:Ask HN: Why the obsession with note taking?
by Fuzzwah on Thursday January 27, 2022 @05:44AM
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I'm not the person you're directing the question to, but I actively have to self medicate so I don't remember every thing.
I also need to take notes to raise the important things above the useless things that I remember.