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I tend to write with more intent when using paper because I know that editing is not really possible. Accessibility is also much more limited on paper. However,
by apienx 3y ago
I tend to write with more intent when using paper because I know that editing is not really possible. Accessibility is also much more limited on paper. However, I think of my devices and PKM software as a second brain where I just offload information knowing it can be accessed anywhere and anytime.
P.S. From TokyoU’s Department of Basic Science (in an allegedly predatory journal).
- criddell 3y agoWhat personal knowledge management software do you use? I’ve never noticed memory differences based on how I made a note. I have, however, noticed that the act of making notes helps me understand something (which isn’t necessarily the same as recall) and writing on paper works best for me.
- maksimur 3y agoI wish it was like that for me too. I waste a lot of paper because I have to strike or rewrite my notes over and over for mistakes and changes of mind, even though I do my best not to make them. I still didn't find a way to fix that, but maybe it's just how my brain works.
- FrustratedMonky 3y agoThink that is the key/point. Once you get frustrated at the re-writing, waste of paper. That in-itself will start to train you to think through your thoughts before writing them down. It will help slow your brain down and conceptualize things more fully first.
- maksimur 3y agoI've been frustrated at it since I was a kid, but no intervention seems to have had an effect on reducing the waste. If I went through with thinking through my thoughts before writing them I'd be stuck for a very long time (potentially days) at best, else I'm back to square one.