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How and why do you take notes? (beehaw.org)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Kind of a broad question. I wonder why people take notes - Is it for studies or learning? Is it just to remember things? Is it to make your own map of your knowledge? Is it because you just want a place to vent out your feelings into the void?

What do you use to accomplish that? App? Paper? A chat room?

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Personally, it’s with very specific information that I can’t fit in to some sort of train of thought.

Like a specific date, a specific number, a specific name. Nah, that’s not gonna stick and I need to write it down.

If I can fit it in to a narrative or a train of thought I can remember it shockingly well, but it needs to be something that I can cross link to a bunch of other information as well.

If it’s something that just kinda stands out as a single data point, I’m going to forget it, so I gotta write it down.