When you are in a meeting or in class, writing by hand leads tomore effective learning.

It’s just so darnslow.

If you skip the letter “e” when writing, you’ll write faster.

Over at Quartz, they interviewed author RJ Blain for suggestions about taking notes without a laptop.

She recommends creating a form of shorthand that saves time and paper.

We’ve coveredusing different versions of shorthandto take notes, so this tip isn’t all that different.

Instead of learning a new alphabet for writing, just drop a key letter to start with.

Check out the link for other note-taking tips.

The complete guide to taking notes without a laptop| Quartz

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