A note on note-taking

A note on note-taking Taking notes is fun! It can supposedly make you look sophisticated too, but unless you are taking notes in a tiny A6-or-smaller notebook, while walking, in a park, I wouldn't call it that "sophisticated" :upside_down: It's just normal to take notes! It can also be pretty rewarding—granting a way to comprehend better, faster, and remember more, for longer, compared to cramming things into one's mind without notes. Though, on that note (😁)... I'm afraid note-taking doesn't work the same for everyone—some brains prefer other ways of soaking in information, and I have no idea what works for you. That said, here are a few tricks I've picked up in my note-taking over the years: Always. Write. Dates. (Or the AWD for short) The thing I most regret about my early note-taking is that I never wrote down the date at which the note, or sketch, or scribble was made. Instead, all I had was a title which said something like "Math". In theory, I can guess the date if I were to…