Before you go any further with this episode, check out both:

• Jono's mindmap travel journal from 7 months traveling in Central America, South East Asia, and South Africa, and
• Eva-Lotta Lamm's sketchnotes from her 14-month world trip.

With the help of visual thinking expert Eva-Lotta Lamm, in this episode we discuss how using techniques like sketch-noting and mind-mapping can enrich travel experiences, offer a deeper connection to the moment, and create engaging and memorable journals. Eva-Lotta shares her professional journey from UX designer to visual thinking consultant and provides practical tips for anyone looking to enhance their note-taking and journaling skills, no matter their drawing ability. 

The discussion covers the concept of improvisation in drawing, the benefits of using a pen instead of pencils to avoid early editing, the freedom of mind mapping compared to linear note-taking, and the guest's personal experiences with sketch noting during her 14-month global odyssey. 

Further information and links

"The Godfather" of Sketch-noting - Mike Rohde

Mind-mapping guru - Tony Buzan

Improvisation coach - Dan Klein

External links to Eva-Lotta's work and classes

YogaNotes

EvaLotta.shop

Instagram account

Pragmatic Sketching Masterclass

Little People Basics

Little People Pairs

Podcast Summary

00:00 Introduction

01:27 Meet Eva-Lotta Lamm

02:23 Eva-Lotta's Career Journey

05:09 Mind Map Travel Journals

06:08 The Art of Visual Note-Taking

07:37 The Evolution of Sketch Notes

15:16 The Power of Analogies in Sketching

21:01 Creating Mind Map Travel Journals

27:48 Capturing Emotions in Sketches

28:40 Travel Sketching Experiences

30:20 The Concept of Aphantasia

31:55 Improvisation in Sketching

34:58 Analog vs Digital Sketching

38:51 The Joy of Travel Journals

40:46 Encouraging Visual Thinking

44:41 Overcoming the Fear of Drawing

52:33 Eva-Lotta's Teaching and Projects

54:01 Conclusion and Farewell

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