The Editor's Desk

Green Circle Note's editor is a freelance writer, obsessive notes taker, and product examiner. His writing aims to discern what works and what doesn't in the fields of writing, journaling, data recording, and more, with an emphasis on practical systems over hype.

This Is the Notebook That’s Lasted Me 10 Years and 3 States

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This is the C.R. Gibson notebook that the site owner has owned for 10 years.

I have tons of notebooks. Spiraled, composition, small, oversized, unlined, graph paper style, with rippable pages, with torn pages. But only one has followed me for more than 10 years (it’s dated 10/30/15) and been through 3 states of moves and still is my go-to notebook for “important things” and silly things alike. I don’t … Read more

The Triangle Method for Long-Term Digital Storage and Archiving

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A USB flash drive sits on top of a Lenovo tablet, surrounded by notebooks and Sony headphones.

If you’re a digital notetaker, journal keeper, or diarist, there are probably two main reasons you keep things digital. One, typing is faster than handwriting for most people. Two, long-term storage feels far more secure in a digital format. But with the constant threat of cloud account shutdowns and computer failure, there’s a surprisingly large … Read more

Does Speaking Count as Writing?

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A woman thinking with symbols.

There’s this constant debate about the nature of reading a physical book (or even digital book) versus listening to an audiobook. I frankly don’t care how you get your media, there’s no superior way to do so, and we’re all just passing time on our one journey through life anyhow. Yet, this debate bleeds over … Read more