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Expensive notebooks have the opposite effect on me. When I pick one up, I appreciate the effort that went into making it and the fact that it was designed count
by utopcell 4y ago
Expensive notebooks have the opposite effect on me. When I pick one up, I appreciate the effort that went into making it and the fact that it was designed counter to a bottom-barrel cheap philosophy. This puts me in a mindset to do higher quality work. Its cost never crosses my mind. Sure, moleskine-like notebooks are more expensive than run-of-the-mill Staples ones, but in absolute values, they don't really cost much.
- postalrat 4y agoWould you also appreciate the effort that went into making nice linen or silk when using it to wipe yourself?
- utopcell 4y agoNo. Is wiping an intellectual activity for you ?
- paulryanrogers 4y agoNot for me personally, though some folks have golden toilets
- postalrat 4y agoIt's a task that nobody wants to do poorly and appreciate tools to make it easier.
- gowld 4y agoThat's a problem though, because discouraging low-quality work means discouraging creativity. A notebook is not a publication medium.
- solarmist 4y agoPossibly, maybe not, though. For me, this means slowing down my writing and trying to make it more legible, not editing what I put down. I still write in fragments, manage whitespace poorly, draw terrible diagrams, and repeat myself (sometimes on the same page). That said, I consciously recognized and appreciate the difference between brainstorming and editing. Sometimes I use my notebook for both, sometimes just for brainstorming, and I'll copy it to Notes or Pages for a sharable version.
- solarmist 4y agoI do keep around post-it notes and a legal pad for truly insignificant things. Notes about appointments, bills, phone calls, etc that have zero long-term value.