20 Reasons Why Note Taking is Important
I like to write everything down. I love those sticky notes and those small notepads. I have them everywhere. I start my day by looking at my planner and the notes I wrote down: a set to do things that I have identified and listed the day before.
If I do not have a prewritten plan, I will get up in the morning with no direction. No guide as to what to do first, what to do next. My time is wasted doing frivolous tasks. I am disorganized. I get overwhelmed and irritated quickly. I worry I stress, I get discouraged. At the end of the day, I feel low, disappointed, and start questioning myself.
So to prevent all this, I write everything. From an idea to a thought. A quote that I read somewhere that has made an impact on me at that very moment. A statement that somebody may have said that I like. It may be from a conversation, a book I’m reading, or a post from Facebook, Instagram, or Pinterest. Note-taking enables me to capture those snippets of time.
20 Reasons Why Taking Notes are Important
1. When you put your thoughts into paper, it makes them tangible, believable. In Napoleon Hill’s words, ” Whatever your mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve.”
2. Note-taking makes you think more. It brings out more ideas on what you can do to make ideas come true. Written down, they now spur attention. Then they become goals, and then action plans follow after.
Writing them down, whether in paragraph or outline form with boxes or arrows, becomes a focal point from where more ideas come from.
3. Taking notes helps you organize your thoughts, making you more productive.
4. It records moments of your day. If you did not write it down, you forget, and it’s gone like smoke.
5. Taking notes brings out your creativity.
6. Note-taking enables you to visualize your ideas better. Whether they are realistic, and if not, what is possible?
7. Note-taking facilitates deep thinking. Note-taking facilitates your ability to look at the different aspects of an idea better, it’s pros and cons.
8. Note-taking improves your ability to listen. Note-taking focuses on you, and attention stays.
9. Note-taking facilitates memory. Ideas written down gets ingrained in our brain, making them easier to remember.
10. Note-taking makes you focus on what is essential since you only write things that are important, meaning to you.
11. Note-taking facilitates you to be a better reader. Note-taking will help you retain more information.
12. Note-taking helps decrease the feeling of being overwhelmed.
13. Note-taking improves your attention span. You can understand and engage more.
14. Note-taking facilitates learning. When written down, new concepts come easier.
15. Note-taking facilitates goal achievement. When you take notes, ideas set on paper starts to have wings. Its written, absorbed, then with action, success becomes inevitable.
16. Note-taking is a time saver because it prevents wasting your time on finding or recalling information. Note-taking reminds you of the critical points, and everything else flows after that.
17. Note-taking provides structure to a task, an idea, a plan. When you note take, you make a list that proves an outline giving it structure.
18. Note-taking sets down the key points to a concept, ideas for further research.
19. Note-taking serves as good study aides facilitation good recall of previous information previously encountered.
20. Note-taking enables you to record the essence of the information you want to remember. By doing this, it frees your mind of having to recall everything. Like on presentation, having notes on a 4 x 4 card enables you to present with no worries that you will forget to share a key point. I have a sticky note pad in my fridge, and it has helped me put my ideas and thoughts at the moment. It’s now in paper and not just a fleeting thought lost in the day.
“Always carry a notebook. And I mean always. The short-term memory only retains information for three minutes; unless it is committed to paper, you can lose an idea forever.” ―
Note-taking is an excellent habit to develop. It is an important skill to develop because it just makes our lives easier. It is very beneficial to productivity, time management, and information recall. So always have a pen and a notepad with you. Start taking notes. This will tremendously improve your life.
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