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Yvonne_McQ··on What is the future of short-term travel?
My position is: it will be not a "post-COVID world". I believe that all kinds of travels will be slowly coming back but it will be totally another procedure, vibes, and safety issue.
Yvonne_McQ··on Ask HN: How to take notes?
There are 4 effective methods for taking notes:

1. The Cornell note-taking system

First, divide the page into three parts: one narrow column on the left side, one wide column on the right side, and one section at the bottom part of the page.

Write your notes in the right column of the page. That’s your note-taking column.

As soon as possible after the lecture is over, use the left column to create questions for every part of the notes. That’s your cue column.

When this task is completed, write a short summary in the bottom section of each page.

That’s it! Congratulations!

2. T-notes method

Just divide a page into 2 parts. One part is for writing down terms, equations, formulas and theories. The other part is for definitions, examples, evidence and proof.

3. Mind map method

Write down the main idea in the center of the page. Then draw “branches” every time you need to add a sub-topic or a detail to your scheme. At the end of the lecture you’ll have a detailed flow chart of the content you listened to.

4. Flow note-taking method

A flow-based note-taking method is the most effective way to take notes if you are a fast learner.

The principle of the flow note-taking technique is to represent the ideas you hear using textual and visual information recorded on the page.

The flow note-taking method includes a lot of tables, schemes, arrows, points, offshoots – anything that helps you to represent your “mental model.”

More details and examples are here https://ivypanda.com/blog/everything-you-need-to-know-about-...

Yvonne_McQ··on Ask HN: What's something new you learned today?
I've read an article How Leaders Create and Use Networks: https://ivypanda.com/essays/how-leaders-create-and-use-netwo... That's a point of view I never thought before about. Really interesting.
Yvonne_McQ··on Ask HN: Burning Out
Fortunately, I never faced to burn out. Here is a good article on how to avoid burn out: http://blog.westminster.ac.uk/international/5-top-tips-avoid...
Yvonne_McQ··on Ask HN: What book(s) had the most impact for you in 2019?
"Blowing the Bloody Doors Off : And Other Lessons in Life" by Michael Caine
Yvonne_McQ··on Ask HN: Best way to prioritize happiness while focusing on the important things?
Don't think that everything will be successful. Just accept everything that happens with gratitude. Happiness is not around you, happiness is inside you.
Yvonne_McQ··on Ask HN: What are you thankful for?
I'm thankful for my life with a lot awesome people in it!
Yvonne_McQ··on Ask HN: Achieving financial freedom through freelancing
I would say to achieve financial freedom, it's necessary to control your finance. You should be responsible for all your spendings and maybe have some special notebook to write down the incomes and spendings to understand how much you could spend and for what. If you can't deal with your finance there is no matter how you are working freelance or at office.
Yvonne_McQ··on Ask HN: How to get better at taking notes?
Here are the apps that could make your note-taking process easier: https://www.slant.co/topics/872/~best-tools-for-taking-notes...
Yvonne_McQ··on Ask HN: Who's Blogging (November 2019)
I am a bloger at educational blog https://ivypanda.com/blog
Yvonne_McQ··on Ask HN: How do you organize all your photos?
I copy the photos to my laptop and also leave them on SD-card :) If I need more space for new photos, I just take another SD-card.
Yvonne_McQ··on Ask HN: What to do after the workday?
Spend time with your family and friends.
Yvonne_McQ··on Ask HN: How to learn to clearly express your thoughts
Read books of different authors on different topics. Try to be acknowledged in many themes.
Yvonne_McQ··on Ask HN: How to find companies that remote ok hire?
There are some ways easily to find remote jobs: on LInkedIn: write "designer remote" in search line; on job search sites (indeed, monster, and every other site you find on google): every such site has filters and remote/freelance option there