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Journaling
2019.10.22 20:54:23 CEST
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This week I noticed a colleague of mine doing some journaling during
his work. I asked him to take a look at it, how he keeps his notes
and I was amazed. He wrote down what seemed to be every single idea
or question he had, then his investigations to validate the idea or
answer the question. In the end, he had a document which clearly
exposed his train of thought and all of the things he learned along
the way.
I wish I could do the same, but it feels so unnatural. It feels like
it would break my flow, having to stop and take some notes. I asked
him how he developed the skill and muscle memory, but he could not
remember.
How about you? Do you keep work logs or journals? How detailed or
granular are they? How did you develop and maintain the habit of
keeping them?