Paper Based Planning

I have slowly built out a system of note taking and planning that emphasizes the usage of writing on physical paper with pen and ink in [[bullet journals]], [[software engineering labbooks]], and [[mind maps]]. This process, I believe asists in my productivity in three ways:

1. Note taking with physical media assists in [[knowledge managment]] by reinforcing memorization of the material through reinterpretation and focus.
2. Note taking with physical media allows for free-form exploration of the material, e.g. [[mind mapping]].
3. Note taking with physical media encourages recognizing the ephemeral needs of note taking. Notes are often necessary to assist in thinking through a problem in the present, and once solved can be discarded. Over-collation, storage, and management of data, emphasized by computational generation of notes, can become burdensome and is often unecessary.

Computational planning tools are then used as a mean of enhanment, e.g. calendar applications, [[todo.txt]], and [[Digital Gardening]] all extend a process that is primarily paper-based.

The Notebooks

On me at all times are...

• A Standard Traveler's Notebook with two dot-lined notebooks of Goulet Tomoe River Paper used as a daily [[bullet journal]]
• An A5 Leuchtturm1917 Dot-Grid notebook used as my [[lab notebook]]
• An A5 Rhodia dotPad for free-form note taking
• Roaring Springs Engineering Pad for mind-mapping and larger diagrams

Don't forget the pens! My current daily runner is a Pilot Metropolitan Fountain Pen with a fine nib and Pilot Iroshizuku Take-Sumi black ink.

External References

1. Traveler's Notebook, Brown Regular, Goulet Pens. Retrieved 2020-11-09.
2. Goulet Notebook 68gsm Tomoe River Regular TN Dot Grid. Goulet Pens. Retrieved 2020-11-09.
3. Leuchtturm1917 Medium A5 Notebook, Black, Dot Grid. Goulet Pens. Retrieved 2020-11-09.
4. Rhodia No16 Notepad, Orange, Dot Grid. Goulet Pens. Retrieved 2020-11-09.
5. ENGINEER PAD 8.5"x11" GREEN. Roaring Springs Paper Products. Retrieved 2020-11-09.
6. Pilot Metropolitan Fountain Pen, Black Crocodile. Goulet Pens. Retrieved 2020-11-09.
7. Pilot Iroshizuku Take-sumi 50ml Bottled Ink. Goulet Pens. Retrieved 2020-11-09.

Linked References

• default-apps
  
  • ✅ To-Do: [[Todo.txt]] + [[Paper Based Planning]]
• mind-mapping
  
  • There are no real good digital tools for mind maps. I've used the Mermaid Live Editor[1][] for mind maps to add to the digital garden, but I largely find that [[Paper Based Planning]] is the best process for really freeform brainstorming.
• personal-productivity-practices
  
  • [[Paper-Based Planning]]