Your Note-Taking Dilemma And How to Beat It

Josh Spilker
2 min readDec 15, 2023
Photo by Ivan Lapyrin on Unsplash

Let’s have a heart-to-heart about your love affair with note-taking. We’ve all been there — scribbling away on every course, video, and recommended book thinking we’re productivity gurus.

But what if I told you that too many notes might actually be holding you back?

The Note-Taker’s Dilemma

So, you have more notes than you know what to do with. But is it sinking in? More notes don’t mean more smarts. That’s the note-taking dilemma.

In fact, all that info might just be overwhelming your brain, leaving you more puzzled than enlightened.

The Busy vs. Productive Conundrum

We’ve all fallen into this trap: confusing busyness with productivity. Spoiler alert: they aren’t the same. Taking a truckload of notes doesn’t automatically make you a productivity expert.

It might just be a fast track to burnout.

“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.” Leonardo da Vinci

The fear of missing out — it’s real. We want to catch every detail, every nuance. But what if we’re drowning in the details?

You have to find the sweet spot between staying informed and not drowning in an…

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