The problem begins here; behold my chaos.
I recently started studying Management & Innovation and I find the amount of books and paper quite overwhelming. The module I am currently completing has three required books plus 1 recommended book and as I was looking for more information myself, some more have been added. Organizing my book notes is a drama. This comes down to several writing pads or 1 block and collecting the loose notes in various insert folders. I am an outright control freak/perfectionist, so you can understand that this is where things seriously go wrong. I lose track and to be honest it even results in procrastination.
On top of that, my classmates take out their laptops during class, but my experience is that I remember and focus better when I'm writing along instead of typing. And unfortunately, that takes a lot of paper. So I study Innovation to promote sustainability but in the meantime I fail to study sustainability! Grrr!!!
With so many "pains," there is still much to gain! And these are just the pains of me as a student. Recently I emptied my Dopper in my bag, which by the way does nothing good for the quality of your notes and on top of that I am left-handed. So I always smear my text on my paper, which results in messy notes and a blue hand. With that left-handedness and clumsiness I have been living with for about 4 decades so those points, while sad, are a given.
I actively searched for the solution to my study problem and ended up at Greenstory. Critical as I am, I then read an entire website first, but well; they had me at "impact"(nl.ourgreenstory.com/impact/)
A little perfect?
I cannot help feeling that the people behind Greenstory are perfectionists like me. So there is no point in hiding my enthusiasm, about their products and their thoughtfulness. And no; my opinion is not for sale and I have no shares. I do have interests and that is in a green world with many trees and as for myself; consciously looking for opportunities to reduce my eco footprint.
Testing 1-2
So I love my new notepad. It writes very nicely and I don't smudge. I use the small notepad as a shopping list; it's in the kitchen. Even though I spilled water on it, I was able to continue writing neatly without any circles or smudges. If I do want to erase a letter or page, the "eraser" on the back works well and I only need a little of the spray to get my page clear again. Sometimes it seems like my hand wants to stick while writing but I don't "stamp" and my hand remains ink-free!
Then the scanning and saving. I have experience with the app TinyScanner and this app, Camscanner, works similarly. You photograph the text and the app updates the quality of your photo in terms of shape and lighting. It's very easy to put your notes in 1 folder and also to add notes later. Because you probably won't believe this, but I have my digital folders neatfreakishly in order.
There are even more advantages specifically for all left-handed people, who still sometimes quarrel with the ring binder of their old school notebook, but there may still be a surprise left.... Highly recommended; this GreenBook!
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