But instead of spreadsheets and fancy smartphone apps, the Melbourne, Australia-based founder of public relations firm Flourish PR, uses notepads, an old-fashioned diary, coloured pens and a stack of magazines. With these, she brainstorms, makes lists and creates a vision board.
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I am a big fan of this article. I constantly have a stack of notebooks in my backpack at hand. I have one for every class plus two general purpose notebooks, one lined and one solid pages, as well as a pad or two of sticky notes. I have found personally that I usually look at everything I have to do and get overwhelmed and shut down because I cannot see a clear path to finishing all of my tasks, but with the use of my notebooks, I have the availability to write down everything I need to do, how much time it will take, and what day I am going to do it and have the ability to alter this as the week goes on. I really like how this article uses data and research to support the claims that they are making. I have heard many of these statistics previously, specifically regarding the difference in typed versus handwritten notes. In high school, we had laptops that had styluses so we had the opportunity to keep all of our notes digitally saved to Google Drive but still could hand write notes. Now that I only have my Mac, I rely heavily on my notebooks to take notes and stay organized.
What an interesting read. I came of age with the Internet. I was in high school when the internet went public and started coming into its own. Now I have a smart phone, smart watch, two laptops, and an iPad and yet, I still write things down on paper. Especially task lists. I have a series of sticky notes all over my desk at home with various things on them and in various stages of completion. There is something satisfying about taking a piece of paper and crumpling it up once the task is complete. I carry several notebooks at various times depending on how my day is laid out. Each notebook dedicated to something particular. I still write out my research papers on yellow legal pads. I like taking notes on paper. There are people who are glued to their electronic devices. I like to walk away from mine and do things like read a magazine, newspaper or book. Something physical, made of paper to hold in my hand. I’m glad to see some things are not old fashioned yet.
Angela Ceberano is a new role model for me. I wish I was able to set strong goals for the twelve months ahead every twelve months. And I wish I had the determination to actually sit down and plan and organize my week every week. I completely agree with Ceberano about just wanting a quiet space to just sit down with a pen and paper. Having the time and patience to do that is really wonderful. The return to pen and paper doesn’t surprise me. Somewhat trendy, extremely effective, the use of pen and paper is the tried and true way to organize and plan. And the science is there to show that pen and paper might be the most effective way. Isn’t that something? I am an academic coach and this article touches on a bunch of stuff we talk about often with students. Multitasking is a myth, pen and paper is a really effective way to organize, and students do much better when they’re in a high focus work environment.
These types of people tend to stress me out. I'm more of a type B person, I like to chill out when I can, I'm more of a typing person, I have bad handwriting. A notebook does come in handy, but that highly depends on what type of person and note taker you are. For me personally, I rely on things like autocorrect to help me through my dyslexic tendencies and technology has helped me be an organized and effective manager without having the typical high strung tropes of being a manager that other people tend to have. I see merit in this article, but I also urge people to realize that it does in fact work the other way depending on what type of person you are. I don't think that there is necessarily a newfound return or rebirth of writing things down, instead I think that she's just highlighting a different type of person altogether.
Different people have different minds and the way they work and accomplish things are different also. I completely understand the fear of technology and the benefits of writing things down on paper. Personally, I prefer to write things down but I am not as orderly as Angela Ceberano is. I don't like the order of having everything follow one another in order, I actually prefer the mess on paper because it helps me understand and work better. Technology (applications) for me do not work or help me in any way or format. The only app that I personally use when it comes to organization is the notes app on my phone and I only use that when I do not have a notebook with me. I also hate colors on my notepad, I have never understood why people color code their notes. I feel like they are doing too much and it honestly confuses me. Different strokes for different folks.
I think that I rely equally on technology and pen & paper methods for organization and scheduling, and it’s always fascinating for me to take a step back and look at my planning methods and how they’ve changed over time. I’ve bullet journaled on and off for four years, but it’s been a constant process of trial and error to find and use methods and templates because they work for me, not just because they look pretty on Pinterest. But since coming to college, I’ve relied extensively on google calendar and the notes app on my mac to keep myself organized and my head on straight. I constantly have tab open to google calendar and I put my entire life in there. I use the notes app as a brain dump space for me to work out the knots in my head and to make sure everything I need to do gets out of my head.
"OK BOOMER" This type of article has been reiterated over an over ad nauseum to such an extent that I am honestly surprised that it even made it onto the greenpage. We all know the main talking points on both sides of the pen and paper vs phone and table discussion. It's "scientifically proven" that you remember stuff more when you write it down with a pen and paper vs typing it up, but we all know that that particular pen and paper isn't accessible LITERALLY ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD. To be perfectly honest, I'm just tired of people saying that there's a right way and wrong way. People need to find a way that works for them, not take the advice of self-righteous articles like this that want you to do it their way. I, for one, lose things all the goddamn time. Half the time I don't know where my notebook is, or where my phone is for that matter. I need things to be stored in the cloud, where they're accessible everyhwere, because at least until now, I haven't been able to lose the cloud.
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