We face making notes every single day no matter while the meeting or moment we need to write down important information. We can face it also whilst preparation to the crucial conference or just while everyday job at office. Unfortunately, school doesn’t learn how to make notes in a correct way and effectively, so if you weren’t to choose yet any method that we presented before, we have some advices how to make notes right and effectively.
We usually make notes all days, writing in lines exact things to do, as well as, thoughts or ideas we have.
Sometimes we register something in single word, expression or just subsection what give us the effect of text wall. How can we avoid doing that and put in motion the other hemisphere?
Mix techniques
Please, do mix some techniques, add various drawings, arrows or colors and even write everything irregularly on the sheet of a paper. Such kind of making notes stimulates your organism to creative work and you will remember particular things faster than you think. It will make you also find the solution to some problem right in the moment of registering some information. Think outside the pattern and relax.
Structure is expected especially while studying – everyday notes have a little bit different character – it needs to be helpful in your everyday job and should be logic and legible every moment you use it.
What is more important, try to leave always some place in notepad to the extra text. Notes made while the meeting can be rather limited – it is worth returning to them and add many details later, so that obvious things while registering can turn out to be Greek to us after few days.
Make a conclusion, return to the previous notes and think if something occurred to change supposedly from particular time – some turns of events can occur at job, projects change its destinations and structures. Try to make current changes not to make some accidental errors while making a report.
Add footnotes
You may add footnotes to some thoughts or lists to do in the moment of any idea or linking different project which was based on similar structure. If there is needed some help or you need to involve someone – immediately make notes in brackets or on margins – after the meeting you will look into the margins and know what you need to do first!
It is certain that color sticky notes are needed to create legible notes. Square sticky notes or indicators can substantially help us to know the message and the aim of the scheme and crossing out particular points can help us to plan a day.
The last one but definitely crucial issue is to write legibly – I am pretty sure you were wondering once about your writing. There is no sense in wasting time for that, so write everything in capital letters or just slower but legibly – you will find out such attitude can save you from any oppression – GOOD LUCK!