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This week, I started a trial run of a couple of analog practices to help with the sense that constant digital immersion is making me dumber, or at least less able to focus.
First, I've started a bullet journal. I've flailed at pen-and-paper note-taking practices before but have lacked a solid organizational system, so they've all eventually descended into organized morasses. The whole point of a bullet journal is the organization, so I'm hoping this will provide the structure I've been needing. I'm going to commit to the practice through the end of the year before re-evaluating.
Second and related, I picked up my first fountain pen. I loved the first-generation Pilot V-Ball extra fine pens when I was in college, but Pilot is on much later generations that seem to have lost something in both aesthetics and contact with the paper. In more professional settings, I've carried a Zebra F-701 (quietly recognized as the mainstream office pen best suited to stabbing someone) for a few years but have always been dissatisfied with the scratchiness of the writing experience. Along with my new notebook, I grabbed a LAMY Safari (fine nib) and have been delighted with how smoothly it flows compared to every ballpoint and most rollerballs on my desk. I don't know if it'll make my legendarily-illegible handwriting any better, but the control required may force me to slow down and concentrate a bit more.
First, I've started a bullet journal. I've flailed at pen-and-paper note-taking practices before but have lacked a solid organizational system, so they've all eventually descended into organized morasses. The whole point of a bullet journal is the organization, so I'm hoping this will provide the structure I've been needing. I'm going to commit to the practice through the end of the year before re-evaluating.
Second and related, I picked up my first fountain pen. I loved the first-generation Pilot V-Ball extra fine pens when I was in college, but Pilot is on much later generations that seem to have lost something in both aesthetics and contact with the paper. In more professional settings, I've carried a Zebra F-701 (quietly recognized as the mainstream office pen best suited to stabbing someone) for a few years but have always been dissatisfied with the scratchiness of the writing experience. Along with my new notebook, I grabbed a LAMY Safari (fine nib) and have been delighted with how smoothly it flows compared to every ballpoint and most rollerballs on my desk. I don't know if it'll make my legendarily-illegible handwriting any better, but the control required may force me to slow down and concentrate a bit more.