on keeping a notebook
Connections can’t be made by siloing everything off. That is why I’m an advocate for having your ideas live in the same app as your meetings/todos/journals/etc.
I keep a daily diary for many reasons, but the main one is that it helps me pay attention to my life. By sitting down every morning and writing about my life, I pay attention to it, and over time, I have a record of what I’ve paid attention to.
Austin Kleon • Keep Going: 10 Ways to Stay Creative in Good Times and Bad (Austin Kleon)
That’s the essence of all this. I write in a notebook every day. But I almost never go back and look at what I wrote. Writing in a notebook is about transferring things from the world to your brain, not to your notebook. Your notebook is a lens for looking at the world, not a box to keep it in.
Russell Davies • Do Interesting: Notice. Collect. Share. (Do Books Book 36)
A lens for looking at the world
The person who creates better information flows gets better thoughts
What if the process of taking notes is the point?
— Jack London