Metacognition is the awareness and understanding of your own thinking and thought processes with the goal of improving learning and performance. Put simply, metacognition is about how to organize your ...

Our thoughts are specified by our knowledge and plans, yet our cognition can also be fast and flexible in handling new information. How does the well-controlled and yet highly nimble nature of ...

Windows / Mac: I confess, I’m not as well-versed in Markdown as I should be, but the awesome, free note-taking app Notable makes me want to learn its intricacies. The app, available for both Windows ...

Thinking often feels like an uphill battle against my brain. Between fuzzy-headedness, indecisiveness, and over-analysis, I try to avoid the amount of time I spend inside my head. But if I could think ...

Recently I hired a professional organizer, after much hesitation and rationalization, to help me better organize my home. I did what I believe many people do to themselves before hiring outside help.

You open your bedroom door to find your closet has exploded — clothing, makeup, and shoes everywhere. What do you do? Panic for a moment, take a deep breath, and pick a place to start. I like to ...

Today’s apps, services and hardware make it easy to jot, sketch and save the things that inspire you. By J. D. Biersdorfer The need to take notes goes back through centuries of human history. It’s no ...