Organized Chaos, a Praise to the Beauty of the Lab Notebook

 As a student with hopes and dreams of research, I am required to make a lab notebook. Now, I'm not exactly in a lab just yet, so for an example of a good lab notebook, I just used google images to get a random example.

 In this picture, you will see an illustrated jumble of information. To any experienced researcher, they will note the words used with the illustrations detail the exact occurrences and processes that went into their experiment. This is shown by the labeling of vital components and words that describe the thoughts of the writer.

 I can certainly take a few tips from this lab notebook, as I am new to the idea of actually having a lab notebook. One such lesson is how chaotic things may actually be in the notebook. I always pictured in my mind, that a lab notebook was supposed to be super neat and orderly, but here you can see that is definitely not true. In fact, this is easier to read than any of my textbooks!

 It just makes me feel more confident in the fact that I don't need to be unnecessarily neat to be very well organized. My head is like a massive debate, with tons of thoughts flying all over the place, so to have the freedom that comes with seeing this notebook, I am sure that I can succeed.