[otikik]

I always keep a notebook around. But I use it an extremely short-term external cache system to offset my brain.

I jot down stuff I need exclusively for the current day. An issue number. The phrase " Bob about the thing". A doodle I make in order to give my hand something to do while I attend a meeting.

The pages become completely unintelligible very soon, sometimes during the same day. It is useful - taking something out of the head and putting it in paper allows me to spend less time worrying "I must make sure I don't forget that issue, I must email bob about the thing". Once the issue is addressed, or bob is emailed, 80% of the time the task is done, and the notebook has fulfilled its primary function.

Months from now, it will have become complete jibberish, I won't be able to understand any of it. But I can still enjoy the doodles.

[dopidopHN]

You described my exact process and results until a few years ago.

I added dates once in while. Then I started to write down was the plan at the beginning of the sprint somewhere. Then some type of personal bullet journaling stuff irregularly. Then personal todo list ended up there, not sure why.

So, it more crowded now. And it’s nice to be able to get slightly more details than “bob about the thing”

I love to see how todo lists in their context.