How I Use My Bullet Journal to Solve Engineering Problems
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When I changed general practitioners a couple of years ago, I brought along my bullet journal, a habit I’ve kept to ensure I track discussions and health advice. Noticing my notebook, my doctor asked if I was an engineer, explaining that her father, also an engineer, carried a similar-looking black notebook. After my appointment, I remembered one of my engineering professors always carried a black notebook as well. The interaction made me start to wonder what value my bullet journal adds to my research and career. I believe it’s safe to say that today pen and paper seem old-fashioned, and all the emphasis is on modern, digital engineering tools. Of course, I use several different digital tools and software packages every day for work. ANSYS Fluent and OpenFOAM help me solve fluid dynamics problems. Visual Studio helps me with data analysis and building machine learning algorithms to see patterns that I can’t. Microsoft Office puts my thoughts into a medium I can conveniently share with others. However, after thinking deeply about the purpose of my bullet journal in my research and profession, I can say that out of all these modern tools, none of them give me as much return on my investment as my humble paper journal. The humble paper journal acts as a lever for my greatest problem-solving tool – my brain – by helping me effectively capture, refine, and synthesize the problem I’m working on.
How I Use My Bullet Journal to Solve Engineering Problems
How I Use My Bullet Journal to Solve…
How I Use My Bullet Journal to Solve Engineering Problems
When I changed general practitioners a couple of years ago, I brought along my bullet journal, a habit I’ve kept to ensure I track discussions and health advice. Noticing my notebook, my doctor asked if I was an engineer, explaining that her father, also an engineer, carried a similar-looking black notebook. After my appointment, I remembered one of my engineering professors always carried a black notebook as well. The interaction made me start to wonder what value my bullet journal adds to my research and career. I believe it’s safe to say that today pen and paper seem old-fashioned, and all the emphasis is on modern, digital engineering tools. Of course, I use several different digital tools and software packages every day for work. ANSYS Fluent and OpenFOAM help me solve fluid dynamics problems. Visual Studio helps me with data analysis and building machine learning algorithms to see patterns that I can’t. Microsoft Office puts my thoughts into a medium I can conveniently share with others. However, after thinking deeply about the purpose of my bullet journal in my research and profession, I can say that out of all these modern tools, none of them give me as much return on my investment as my humble paper journal. The humble paper journal acts as a lever for my greatest problem-solving tool – my brain – by helping me effectively capture, refine, and synthesize the problem I’m working on.