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Dec 15, 2025 6 min

#11 Just use the transcript (and other unhelpful advice)

from I had plans Hosted by Smaragda Vavakaris

“You can just use the transcript.” I hear this all the time when people see me taking notes in meetings. On the surface, it sounds practical. Helpful, even. But for me, it misses the point entirely. In this episode of I Had Plans, I talk about why I still use paper in a very digital world, how note taking helps me stay focused, and what online meetings don’t show about attention, engagement, and neurospicy brains. It’s a reflection on tools, assumptions, and the quiet pressure to work the “right” way, even when it doesn’t actually work for you. If you’ve ever been told to change a system that already works just because it looks different, this one’s for you.

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