Sometimes at work I literally have flashbacks to learning to write my first big research paper in high school. I still follow the same steps: research/gather information, copy it out long-hand into my notes, organize notes/highlight which quotes and info I want to use, (occasionally) outline, write. That’s kind of amazing, when you think about the fact that at 15 I had no idea what I would end up doing and was basically just counting the hours till lunch. Well, that’s not all that different from now, either, come to think of it.
