When I was in school this was basically what I did, and is really the only way I found to write as fast as possible. The goal is for you to be able to read it later for reference, so it doesn’t have to be pretty or even legible to someone else (would be nice, but sometimes you just have to pen down a ton of info, diagrams, etc real quick or you don’t get everything).
If you are attending a lecture on anything more information based however (I studied the sciences and math), I find that a laptop keyboard would be ideal. I can type up to 80-90 wpm and wouldnt even dream of being able to pen anything at that rate. And if you develop a shorthand, can basically steno-type a lecture if you are good enough.
As for my daily life and work, I use block letter print. If im writing out a check, I use a block all-caps approach like you would see on engineering/architecture documents. I like to stylize it a bit, but im far from artistic. Otherwise I use “write like a girl” neat print that slides to sloppy if im in a hurry. It has to be legible, and I find sloppy cursive to be impossible to read, whereas sloppy block (to an extent) is much more legible.
When writing quickly for someone that needs to read my writing, I will focus more on letters and numbers that can be misinterpreted when sloppy (7 9 T, c a e o, 2 z, 0 O, 5 S, 6 G, n m, etc). You can tell at a quick glance if your scratch is legible, so if not, make it. I deal with accession numbers (letter/number IDs) in scientific testing, so if you are writing these down they have to be clear.
So basically all caps for style, clean “girl” writing for everything else.
Yep. Actual “girl” handwriting is slightly more bubbly than mine, but “girl” writing to me is synonymous with neat, uniform letters that are very legible. Ive met women with crappy stereotypical doctor script, but nevertheless “girl” writing is neat and clean writing. Boy writing is chicken scratch.