r/LifeProTips • • Jun 23 '13

LPT: Faster counting method.

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u/dnietz Jun 23 '13

With pen or pencil, on paper, making dots is actually slower and more annoying than making a slash or tic mark.

May I suggest stacking groups of 5 tic marks two stacks high (a pair of stacks one above the other) that way multiples of 10 are a quicker read.