Just went back to paper and pen this last December. I like the immediate access to pen/paper and I use it to get "salient" thoughts out of my brain and onto som

Just went back to paper and pen this last December. I like the immediate access to pen/paper and I use it to get "salient" thoughts out of my brain and onto something safe. I always keep it nearby. (As long as I remember!) Meanwhile, at home, I use a nice fountain pen that makes it a pleasure to write and practice good/fast penmanship. I've already filled up one notebook in a month's time, and it has served as a very low-stress way to keep my stream of thinking clean and unburdened from previous thoughts. I know that they're safe on paper, and I can move on from them. When it's time to pull all my thoughts together (for example, I just finished a lengthy proposal) all I have to do is refer to my notes, which were put down when they occurred naturally, and not in a "forced" deadline environment. The paper/pen comes in most useful at night – at bedtime – when my mind throws up two or three ideas that I'd like to keep. (But not get out of bed or stare at a screen.) After I jot down my two or three intrusive thoughts, I sleep more soundly.