Taking notes during a conversation for me is like chewing on thoughts to start digesting them.

If you've met me in person you know that I have a habit of writing down notes live on my phone in a conversation.^[lg]

But if I don't capture them in the moment and context, they'll be harder for me to extract later, even if I had a transcript of them.

It's much harder to digest insights after the fact if they haven't already been a bit predigested already.