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Used to take handwritten notes in every meeting, now I just type and it's faster
About a year ago I quit using paper notebooks at work because I kept losing them or forgetting them at home. Has anyone else made the switch and found it harder to actually remember what was said?
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the_linda12d ago
My 47 year old brain just can't hold onto typed notes the same way. I switched to typing two years ago and now I look back at my meeting notes and they're just words on a screen with no meaning. Handwriting forced me to summarize and pick out the important parts while typing lets me write everything down without actually processing it. I have actually started printing out my typed notes before big meetings just so I can scribble on them with a pen.
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annaw7312d ago
Oh, this is so me too. I feel like typing gives me this false sense of productivity where I'm just transcribing, but my brain is checked out. I actually started handwriting notes in a cheap spiral notebook again last month and it's night and day how much more I remember from meetings now.
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emery_black12d ago
Wait, @the_linda isn't typing on a 47 year old brain, she's 47 with a 47 year old brain, right? Sounds like typing just lets people copy the meeting without actually listening, which is the same problem as writing everything down word for word.
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