I used to carry around one of those mini cassette recorders, and would speak into it whenever I had a jolt of inspiration like this. I never transcribed most of those notes, but it did make me feel better to have the tool at hand. The anxiety of having to hold something in my head for fear of losing it before I could "get it down" would dissipate, letting me get on with the rest of my day.
Also for me, much like taking notes with pen or keyboard, the act of recording a thought has the effect of simultaneously committing it to memory. It's like it needs to leave my brain and transfer to another medium before I can memorize it - so that along with the original thought, I now also have a memory of recording that thought. The medium doesn't seem to matter.
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Date: 2008-07-03 08:47 am (UTC)Also for me, much like taking notes with pen or keyboard, the act of recording a thought has the effect of simultaneously committing it to memory. It's like it needs to leave my brain and transfer to another medium before I can memorize it - so that along with the original thought, I now also have a memory of recording that thought. The medium doesn't seem to matter.