I love to watch videos of people explaining their commonplace notebooks, or some recording device, or just their vlogs straight up. Process videos are also a great jam, and I spend quite a bit of time watching these. Because of that, I have a bunch of notebook types. I also jot my thoughts down digitally, in this very blog for example.
But a key point I want people to take away is why I think. It doesn’t matter my thoughts as much as why I am making note of them in pen and paper, or online. I am thinking out loud because it is necessary to think.
It’s not noting indecision, the times where you stand at a counter and rattle off the list of menu items before you order. Everyone can read. But what you’re not saying at the counter is why you are choosing. “Is this within my budget?” “Is this healthy, or matching my diet?” “Is this what I feel like having today?” “Will I still have space in my stomach for dessert?” – Mostly yes no questions, but it gets you to arrive at the food you want to order.
I do that in my notebooks, or my blog here. I am writing what I am thinking, because there is a need to think about many things, not just food. I want to recall how I came to a decision or how I felt at different times and what led me to those points. It might sound exhausting, but the same question reverts back, do you feel exhausted choosing food? At times yes, but most times, it’s second nature. At this point, sharing my thoughts has become second nature, so I do it with ease.
I don’t remember when I really started journalling and tracking my thoughts. But I know I need to very often if not I literally feel quite mentally strained. It’s a good cache cleaning for my brain, and I have mental bandwidth to think much faster after that. Amazingly great practical steps to take.
But honestly, I hope more people think, because I know a lot of people don’t. lol.
