Quote Originally Posted by akhavr View Post
Why would you need to write down your thoughts? What's the aim of this action?

When you'll connect your answer to your upper goal (read the whole book, achieve the bigger goal, etc), it would be easier to find a better way to capture and track your notes.
Why... I am using this a a brain dump - I read a chapter or two and then write down a short brief of what I have read, the most important points what I have learnt. So after I have read the whole book (for the most technical books it could be as much as 30 chapters by 30 pages each) - I can review my "after a chapter" notes and so I can decide - have the project "read the book about X" I just completed really advanced me to my upper goal "learn how to use X" (and eventually to a more upper goal "use X to be more productive at work").

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