I notice that the size of my “workspace” (computer screen size, paper size, whiteboard size) contributes to a vague sense of how much I’m supposed to output. It’s a sort of “I’ve got a 4′x8′ notebook, so this has to be a 4′x8′ thought.”
More realisticly, it’s probably me going “ugh, I don’t like flipping between pages to gather thoughts, so I’m going to try and make it fit on one page.”
Main point: When I get bigger paper, I more often have bigger thoughts. I recently did some deep self-reflection, and used a whole notebook of 18′x24′ which was tremendously helpful.
I notice that the size of my “workspace” (computer screen size, paper size, whiteboard size) contributes to a vague sense of how much I’m supposed to output. It’s a sort of “I’ve got a 4′x8′ notebook, so this has to be a 4′x8′ thought.”
More realisticly, it’s probably me going “ugh, I don’t like flipping between pages to gather thoughts, so I’m going to try and make it fit on one page.”
Main point: When I get bigger paper, I more often have bigger thoughts. I recently did some deep self-reflection, and used a whole notebook of 18′x24′ which was tremendously helpful.