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How much productive writing is too much productive writing? As a teenager I got wound up in the narrative of productivity, note taking, and all that. Since the
by tvcx 2y ago
How much productive writing is too much productive writing?
As a teenager I got wound up in the narrative of productivity, note taking, and all that. Since then, I've had to unlearn that writing (well, note-taking) just for the sake of organizing some information nobody will go back to is not the best use for my time. I've discovered that having the best notes doesn't magically make me better prepared to get something done at work. The best way to create something new is to JustDoIt tm (and fail, and do it again, ..). To me, it's important to trust your brain to do the magic. Your job is to help it do it's magic. Paper doesn't think. It may help YOU think, but IT doesn't think.
However, I'm in my 20s, and I do keep a journal and I write frequently. But I've shifted my writing from productivity to emotions. I've found that expressing my own emotions and non-productive thinking on paper helps me understand myself.
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- physicles 2y agoI think this is spot on. I’ll add that having journals from different stages in life will be invaluable later on when you want to know how you’ve changed (and, depressingly, how you haven’t changed). For me, stretches of months without journals or photos are simply lost to time.
- notdiaphone 2y agoAs I age, this is one of my great regrets: not having written my about life more. Most of the past is just this vague smear. Writing is the only thing that I've been able to think of that answers the problem. I wish I'd known earlier.
- aqueueaqueue 2y agoWork is a different beast! Sharing RFCs can be useful. But it is say 2% of my time. Most is indeed just do it, TM. Writing to organise the things you just wanna do.