书写笔记

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I've got a call coming up, 我待会儿有个电话要接，

so I grab a notebook and get ready to take notes. 就顺手拿了个笔记本，准备记点东西。

I click my pen open, flip to a fresh page, 按开圆珠笔，翻到空白的一页，

and jot the date at the top. 顺手在最上方写下日期。

As the meeting goes on, 开会的时候，

I scribble down the key points, underlining anything important. 我飞快地记下要点，在重要的地方画上线。

I make a mistake, 写错了一个字，

so I run a bit of correction tape over it and write on top — 就拉了点修正带盖住接着写——

old habits die hard. 老习惯还真难改。

Afterward, I slit open a couple of envelopes with a letter opener and sort the mail into piles. 会后，我拿拆信刀划开几个信封，把信件分类理成几堆。

There is a real difference between typing and writing by hand; 打字和手写确实感觉大不一样；

somehow the pen makes ideas stick. 不知怎么的，用笔写下来就是能记得更深。

I doodle in the margin while I think, 边琢磨边在页边空白处随手涂鸦，

which, oddly, helps me focus. 说来也怪，这反倒能让我更专注。

Notes down, actions circled, pen clicked shut — 记好笔记，圈出待办事项，再把笔按回去——

I always feel a little more on top of things with it all on paper. 只要把事情都落到纸上，我总觉得心里更有底了。