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This was exactly my mindset in high school and to a lesser extent college. I’ve adapted a similar mindset to digital tools with Neovim. I think you’re right I

• 1attice 2y ago
  Interesting -- we appear to have crossfaded; I started with markdown/neovim, moved to Obsidian for card layout (that canvas feature is fire!), and TBH I still use Obisidian in lots of ways, especially for longer bits of writing. But despite my 120wpm typing speed and deep facility with tech, I find the quality of consciousness I get in an environment that's airgapped from the digital realm is unique. Obsidian also is good for storing _backups_ of my notebooks, which I make with my smartphone camera. It's pretty nice to be able to thumb through a handwritten notebook from a few years ago. the Neovim era was great for establishing the basic folder structure I use, but ran out of gas when I needed to introduce notes which weren't UTF-8. The Hi-Tec C is a reasonable pen, and I wouldn't disrespect it, but a mid-market fountain pen is as far as I can get from my calligraphy practice and still feel comfortable; I am also probably overinvested in the specific qualities of inks that I use. Still, I permit the roccoco aficionado-mind to flourish, as, again, it is in the service of a greater good. Even a fast ship needs ballast.