Visual Notetaking is popular online, especially in [[Bullet Journaling]] circles. There are (many) whole YouTube channels whose videos are essentially just drawing out lessons from books. It's popular because it makes aesthetically pleasing results. It _should_ be popular because **it forces you to actually _engage_ with the content of the material** in order to figure out how to best present it. Writing a ton of words doesn't produce better learning than doing the work of [[Distillation]]. Pretty designs and straight lines are just dessert. Nice, but not the point of the meal. # Example ![[Pasted image 20240107120342.png]] # Tools - Pen & paper - [[GoodNotes 5 + Notion]] - [[Obsidian Canvas]] - [[Excalidraw]] - [[DrawIO]] - although not particularly great for _notes_ **** ## Source - Self ## Related - [[Notes (index)]] - [[Business is Laziness]] - [[Excalidraw]]