HI
When I first learnt about mindmapping I found it very difficult and hardly used it. I too felt it didn't fit my left-brain way of thinking. However, when I learnt about it again in a course a few years ago, I realised that it had much more to offer than I had first realised, and I now use it a lot.
I plan courses, my time, projects at work and at home and my Open University assignments with it.
I use it for brain-friendly learning in courses.
I still use to-do lists but the map is the first stage and I find it reassuring to be able to see an overview of everything on one page.
I now use visual maps of my workshops instead of cards or notes. Stella said she starts hers at 11 o'clock. For some reason I start mine at 5 o'clock and work round clockwise with mini-maps along the way. If I am using slides and handouts, I put the references to these on the map so that I know where I am.
So, to those who are finding them difficult to use, I would say that it's like any kind of change - we have to do the different thing a few times to start to become comfortable with it, and also do it your own way. Mine do not always look like classic mind-maps but they work for me.
Valerie Fawcett
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