@DebbieDavidson06
Educator and doctoral student here. Journaling is a huge part of my reflective practice.
@Glassed_in_Nature
Fantastic ideas! I will say, I think the problem with journaling for a lot of people is visualizing what the words and information looks like on paper. Do you think you could make a video on how to actually organize data, thoughts, and ideas on paper? I hope this makes sense lol.
@ent-r7w
As a physician-scientist, I searched YouTube for scientific journaling tips for some time and couldn't find anything useful until I came across your channel. You have beautiful ideas Charlotte, and as a fellow scientist, I look forward to your next video!
@KrisRipper
Non-scientist, non-student here! I write books, and I definitely look forward to implementing these ideas! Humans will learn regardless, but an intentional mindset makes things so much more interesting (and, I think, improves the learning process)!
@LeonesJournal
This sparked ideas for my mental health and productivity journaling. I want to use the scientific method and experiment logging to implement habits and systems into my life. Thank you for this!
@Kitzelinos
I’m a fashion designer and I didn’t notice I did this before lol I have a sewing journal where I write all my fails and ideas about how to correct my mistakes or other forms of construct my garments in a efficiently way. 🤭
@VoxUrania
Art journals are my equivalent to this process. It’s gratifying to hear how similar the experiment logging process can be to art making. A monthly goal could be to work with a new material to learn its properties or create certain forms. Even using a new paint colour or weight of paper can qualify as an experiment. Chatting with other artists can yield new ideas and collaboration. Notes in a sketchbook with swatches or thumbnail drawings help log the process as well. Again, this is a really gratifying perspective. Thank you.
@DGaia-mi8kq
Hello Charlotte ! I'm currently starting my business and I had no clue how to organize all the things I learn every week or all the little things I'm trying. Your method truly unlocked a new level for me in my journey, thank you so much 🌷
@smilebot484
Nice post. I did phd work on philosophy and currently working as a coder. I find tracking problems and how I went about solving them allows me to hone the skill of problem solving which can transfer to any domain. I love this video. I have been thinking g along the same lines. In tech I have read about a solutions log but mostly there isn’t much talk of these things.
@kabute_tv
What a unique video and approach to journaling! I’m not currently a student, but I am a strong advocate for logging, journaling, common placing, habit building, and productivity practices. People always ask me advice on how to get into this type of stuff and I have now got a new video to share with them! ❤
@spoonsweet
Thanks for a great video! I loved the title hook expressing the idea that we can all be mindful of our work/everyday life and actively substitute the time we spent scrolling, with taking and reflecting on our notes that record our "experiments". The idea to always look for experiments and make notes using the scientific method of listing: a) hypothesis ["what will happen?"] b) methods ["how will I examine this?"] c) conclusion ["how do I identify the results?"], give a nice framework to shift my life's perspective towards more mindfully approaching everyday. These are some sections I enjoyed: 1:35 (1) Scientific approach - Experimental Logging 2:48 (2) Brain Dump - Mind Map: suggesting the daily dumping of ideas during a dedicated time. 4:08 (3) Resource Logging: keeping track of all the resources (papers, articles, discussions, videos) that were used towards the current stage of your research/experimenting. +1 can be shared. 5:25 (4) Continuous logging: Just write down when ideas come up. "1000 tiny ideas -> 1 big idea". Incremental. 7:43 (5) Reflection moments: go back, collect, summarise and transfer ideas to a dedicated place and time. Don't delete old ideas or "bad" (they can help on the future) PS: if you Charlotte or anyone that happens to read this is interested, my suggestion to you overcoming the issue with many notebooks and "dedicated" notebooks overlapping, is to have a look at the "Bullet Journaling" method. Since you have the habits in place, it will be an easy adaptation. Essentially you have just one notebook. You just write. An idea? BulletA. A feeling? BulletB. A task that needs to happen? BulletC. This way you just brain dump + continuos logging at the same time, in one dedicated place. And during your reflection moments, or through Indexing, you quickly scan your pages for the dedicated bullet and piece together your thoughts. Thanks again and good luck to your PhD!
@PAVLUWU
Thank you so much for sharing this information with all of us! your content is great and it really helped me to figure out my own journalling process that I do every morning after waking up, followed by 10 minutes of meditation. For me as Post Grad student in sociology, journalling is more like questioning the arguments put forth by the authors and be sometimes being critical of them, but what I've found out from this video is to keep separate note books for each project as I was mixing my personal and academic info into one single journal.
@Pcoxproductions
0:07 Use the experiment logging, Actually write out the hypothesis, the observations(methods) and the results, failed and successes. 2:57
@Gigusx
Reminds me of an article on NessLabs about personal experiments. Pretty much the same idea, to take a scientific/iterative approach to your goals. I've tried it for a while but was too inconsistent with logging things and eventually forgot all about it 👀 I'd also take another angle and consider using this for your "12 favorite problems", if you're familiar with Feynman's idea (lots of articles on that). If you have a list like that, continuously logging ideas and resources used to answer those questions would be a way of chipping away at those problems and keeping them fresh in your head. You could eventually solve some of them that way. I think I might try something like this for learning... i.e. problems centered about things I'm learning at a time (:
@RITSK-c5c
This video is so inspiring, Charlotte! Your journaling techniques are insightful and practical. I love the idea of connecting scientific methods to everyday life. I can’t wait to try your prompts and keep learning from you. Keep shining and sharing your knowledge!
@deefee701
Thank you. I've often started journalling only to get stuck just writing down my worries. Flipping it around to documenting experiments make the focus entirely different and so much more appealing. This is the method i prefer. Thanks for showing me.
@dreikycaprice
I really found this information very helpful as a way to consider, catalog, and work with my myriad thoughts and ideas about my life as an artist and musician who thinks deeply about philosophy, humanity and our place in the natural world.
@sarahyip2825
You know, those of us who are conscientious have somehow been going about our life "logging stuff" in our heads! That has served its useful purpose but you have given me a paper-trail way of documenting and revisiting the process itself! So valuable for all learning ahead. Am now tackling decluttering which is a huge project coming at all angles. Very daunting. But if I can log the plans/hypothesis, the personal failures and the small successes, at least I know I am making progress even if it's just more self awareness. It's going to take every ounce of creativity and energy I've got 😅 Thanks so much for sharing!
@lawrenceeady5849
Thank you for this video! I have gotten into the habit of journaling more and more often, and one method that has developed naturally out of that process has been a journal dedicated to brain dumping any idea I have that I want to flesh out. I’ll then brain dump and return to it after a few days or weeks or maybe immediately if I really like it, and if I still want to pursue it more I’ll use a field notes or something dedicated to that specific idea or project. I’m still working on how to organize that all as well but that has been so helpful for me to keep momentum on things and your thoughts are helpful as it gives me a new perspective on how to approach fleshing out some projects!
@betweenearthandsky4091