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Just wanted to leave a reminder that pencil is better than pen for note-taking. And paper is better than screen. My flow is so much better with a pencil and pa
by cybarDOTlive 5y ago
Just wanted to leave a reminder that pencil is better than pen for note-taking. And paper is better than screen.
My flow is so much better with a pencil and paper, and then I just transfer the organized meat onto a screen, only after I'm satisfied. Working first by typing into a note-taking app is counter productive, your brain doesn't want to work like that. It wants to scribble, doodle, draw arrows pointing to stuff.
- ksaj 5y agoWhy is pencil better? The paper/screen difference I've heard about before, but not pencil/pen. Also yes, I write notes in a lot of books, especially for course taking. And indeed there are scribbles, little drawings, weird math symbols that I'd never attempt in an application, and arrows everywhere.
- cybarDOTlive 5y agoProbably just personal preference actually, I don't even end up using the eraser on a pencil. But it seems lighter, less pressure needs to be applied to write with it. Similar to why people that type a lot prefer a mechanical keyboard? The words just come out a lot easier, in my experience.
- ksaj 5y agoAh, I see. For me, I like using gel pens for a similar reason. They just sort of glide. I don't care about erasing. I'd rather strike something out than lose my train of thought rubbing something out or using liquid paper. I'm a lefty, so pencils tend to be extra smudgy. I don't use erasable ink for the same reason. Sometimes that gets too much like self-censorship.