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Originally Posted by JinnKai
I work in precisely the opposite way. And that's why journals have a massive downside to me. As soon as I write something down, I don't have to remember it. I could murder someone, write it in my journal, and everything would be forgiven and forgotten.
Its like making a list of things to buy at the grocery store. As soon as I write it down, I don't have to be concerned with trying to remember it. In the same way, as soon as I write something down in a journal, I forget about it.
If I did that, I'd never make any progress with my life. It's only by remembering and thinking through my life that I come to a mental conclusion. That's just how I work, I guess.
Same thing with note-taking.. it goes through my ear to my paper and I never remember it. If I listen and concentrate on learning, I do tenfold better.
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In that respect I think you and I are similar. Though I don't fully forget it.
I just have this stigma about anything I write being fluent, and the thoughts ordered. To figure things out, I need to tumble them over and over in my head, try to rearrange them, match peices of them to other shit that I know, and finally talk to someone about it.
As far as notes, I do best also when I just pay attention. I did surprisingly well in a few of the classes I would go to, and just sit head bent, pen in hand, scrawling ink drawings all over the notebook backs, and pages.
But that's just how I straighten shit in my head out.