🤔 Choosing the right Note software to help you memorize

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Jan 14, 2024

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choose-the-right-note-software

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The more organized the format of your writing, the less you understand the knowledge and the more you record it.

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Recently I have been thinking, maybe notion or obsidian is not suitable for learning, I am a person with poor memory, so when I have learned something new, I will forget it very soon, and I find that reviewing the notes I have taken does not help my memory much, I still forget them after I have read them.

During the learning process, the brain is in a process of diffuse thinking, and notion's notes are written from top to bottom, which I don't think is suitable for the human brain when it is in the process of learning to record in a way. I think notion is more suitable for outputting knowledge and recording information that does not require the brain to think, such as writing articles, documents or lists.

In fact, this is fundamentally a learning style problem. Some people find notion software better, I think it is because they are faster thinkers and have better memories, and they immediately record their outputs in notion software instead of recording the knowledge they are telling.

I need to do a balance between recording knowledge points and output because I have a bad memory and I do need to record important knowledge points and also write down some of my own thinking. So my conclusion is that when you learn something new, it's better to write with a pen or choose a program like OneNote, and make sure you don't adhere to a top-to-bottom writing style, but a free writing style that doesn't matter about the format, as long as you can remember it. The more organized the format of your writing, the less you understand the knowledge and the more you record it.

Also, I'm going to start experimenting with software like mind maps to see if they're suitable for learning, but I think maybe mind maps still aren't diffuse enough.

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最近我在思考，或许 notion 或 obsidian 这种软件并不适合学习，我是一个记忆力比较差的人，所以当我学习过新东西后，很快就会忘记，而且我发现回顾所作的笔记对我的记忆没有任何太大的帮助，看过还是会忘记。

在学习过程中，大脑处于一个发散思维的过程中，而 notion 这类笔记从上到下去书写，我觉得并不适合人脑处于学习时的一种记录方式。我认为 notion 这类软件更适合作为输出知识和记录一些不需要大脑思考的信息，比如写文章、文档或者清单之类的事情。

其实从根本来讲这是一种学习方式的问题，有的人觉得 notion 这类软件比较好，我觉得是因为他这种人的思考速度比较快，记忆力也比较好，他在 notion 这种软件上立刻记录下了自己的输出，而不是记录一些讲述的知识。

我需要在记录知识点和输出之间做一个平衡，因为我记忆力不好，确实需要记录重要知识点，而且也要写下一些自己的思考。所以我的结论是，当你学习新知识时，用笔书写，或者选择 OneNote 这类软件比较好，而且一定不要遵守从上到下的书写方式，而是用一种自由的书写方式，无所谓格式，只要你能记住就好。你书写的格式越是规整，说明你越是没有理解知识，而只是记录知识。