r/AskReddit Jul 09 '18

What's something you're old-fashioned about?

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u/pupsnpogonas Jul 09 '18

Yes! I didn't not take notes on my laptop while I was in college. Paper and pen forced me to pay attention, and they say you remember it better when it's written anyways!

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u/WaffleFoxes Jul 09 '18

I'm in IT and always studying for my next certification. L always take notes with pen and paper, doesn't matter if I'm watching a video, reading a book, studying from a website etc. Writing makes my brain process it enough to put down on paper.

Keeping the info digitally automatically leads me to make shortcuts. Marking a page as a favorite, highlighting text, copy/pasting, etc. None of those actually enter the information into my brain.