The biggest problems I have with paper notebooks are essentially: 1. Privacy. Anyone who acquires the notebook can read anything in it. I'm not discussing anyt

The biggest problems I have with paper notebooks are essentially: 1. Privacy. Anyone who acquires the notebook can read anything in it. I'm not discussing anything particularly important most times, but I'm reluctant to write down things that are...embarrassing or otherwise private if I'm taking that same notebook through airport security, for example. 2. Integrity. Destruction of the notebook is easy, as this author can attest. Spilling water or another substance on the notebook can immediately render it unreadable, which would somewhat be counter to the idea of recording information in the notebook. 3. Perfectionism. I'm sure I'm not the only one who grows really agitated by making errors in ink and then not being able to correct them without striking them out. Pencil is better obviously, but you can tear the pages... I'm sure that these factors don't affect everyone the same, but for me...they're overwhelmingly influential in my choice not to use a paper notebook. I get the upsides, but the downsides are...really meh.