After trying most of the note-taking and organization apps out there, I have come a conclusion: Sometimes you cannot beat good old-fashioned pencil and paper. For the last 3 years, I have been able to use my 5.5X8.5" Molskine notebook with grid lines to pretty much accomplish organizing my thoughts. Each year I have filled one and then I place it on a bookshelf at home. My hopes are that one day my daughter will have stacks of note/sketchbooks to look at to remember her father. DaVinci I am not, but it's something that I have started to do and I am not looking back.
The visual learner in me loves to use paper notes because I am not constricted to margins, size, or any electronic organizing principle. I can write wherever I want. Mostly, The paper notes also make it easier for me to draw pictures, which is the most important aspect to my note-taking and thought organization. So to say it plainly: I am a doodler. This looks unprofessional and immature in meetings, but I have found some proof that my note-taking strategies are actually quite helpful to linear thinkers!
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