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Anonymous Monk,
See Work practices: log books, notes files... for a similar meditation.

There, I responded I indicated that I rely on my brain to "just remember" or that I use email because it allows me to slice and dice on the 5 Ws.

Thinking about it now, I also use the /msg system here at PerlMonks. I almost never use bookmarks as a way of remembering something - rather, I email myself the link with an appropriate subject line. When I am working on a project, I usually have a todo.txt file that I throw in anything that I can't address immediately and I review it periodically. More often than not, I find that I remembered just fine without it but sometimes I find I completely spaced on something.

I am not delusional - I know my memory is far from perfect and I forget stuff all the time. It is just that my system works and more than satisfies the requirements. I remember when I was in school and I would get a 92 on a test and another student would get a 96. The question of studying would come up. They may have spent 3 hours the night before studying while I went to a party. It just never seemed worth the effort for 4 lousy points. Same thing with memory, I know if I worked harder I could remember more but I seldom suffer as result so why bother?

Cheers - L~R


In reply to Re: how do you organize your notes? by Limbic~Region
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