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authoreltrac <hi@eltr.ac>2026-02-20 12:34:37 +0800
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## Note is a four-letter word
-I used to be obsessed with taking pretty notes. Here's my old Obsidian vault. And I haven't opened it for almost a year.
+I used to be obsessed with taking pretty notes. Here's my old Obsidian vault. And I haven't opened it for almost a year.
-![](https://r2.eltr.ac//uPic/IMG_3586-2.JPG)
+![](https://r2.eltr.ac/uPic/IMG_3586-2.JPG)
-The link graph is pretty, the whiteboard seems brilliant, and god, I even color-coded all my folders? And they got icons? They're so pretty that I don't even feel like I should put my dirty hands on it.
+The link graph is pretty, the whiteboard seems brilliant, and god, I even color-coded all my folders? And they got icons? They're so pretty that I don't even feel like I should put my dirty hands on it.
And I surely did not. <!--more-->
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@ I'm sure I'm not alone here. Lots of us get lost in the sea of knowledge, trying
In school, apart from test results, teachers evaluate students' academic performance merely by looking at their notes, *at least here in China*. I remember in my middle school and high school, if a kid's book is almost illegible because they have written useless words all over the page, they are considered as a diligent child. Otherwise, they're lazy, rebellious, and mischievous.
-And guess what, we all try to write as much crap as possible. But we never even think to review it.
+And guess what, we all try to write as much crap as possible. But we never even think to review it.
-The teachers just love comparing students. If a student's notebook is clean and untouched, they're bad and should be given a lecture. When the lecture is done, the teacher finds another one and says: *Oh, yours is all filled with ink? How dare you be proud of yourself? Look at that guy. He's got pretty highlights and beautiful callipgraphy. Try to be more organized, you disgusting.*
+The teachers just love comparing students. If a student's notebook is clean and untouched, they're bad and should be given a lecture. When the lecture is done, the teacher finds another one and says: *Oh, yours is all filled with ink? How dare you be proud of yourself? Look at that guy. He's got pretty highlights and beautiful callipgraphy. Try to be more organized, you disgusting.*
Then the teacher turns around, looking at that guy he just gave compliments to. *And don't feel so good about yourself already. Look at your book. It's too tidy! It's obvious that you never opened it! Spend less time trying to be pretty, you sissy!*
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## Why we procrastinate real work by taking notes and sketching
-It's complicated how the human brain works.
+It's complicated how the human brain works.
Maybe it's fear. Though we do wish to be the person we want to be, it's frightening to actually do that, because you might fail, and who are you if you fail to be you? The existential crisis deep in your subconscious mind stops you from the devastating possibility.
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ Meanwhile, preparing for your work is a legitimate thing to do. It makes you fee
Let's wrap this up.
-We're taught in schools that note-taking is significant and should be paid much attention to. When we need to do real work, we find ourselves at loss and overwhelmed, so we went back to do so-called significant and attention-worthy things, note-taking. However, we're just postponing the reality that we eventually need to face, that we have done no work related to our identity.
+We're taught in schools that note-taking is significant and should be paid much attention to. When we need to do real work, we find ourselves at loss and overwhelmed, so we went back to do so-called significant and attention-worthy things, note-taking. However, we're just postponing the reality that we eventually need to face, that we have done no work related to our identity.
It's worse than bad work. But it doesn't feel that way, because getting nothing done never leads to the horrifying possibility that your work means nothing to your audience and people say you should quit. It feels better to have no work to show, because people will say you are still learning when they see your pretty notes, and they might even compliment your novel ideas.