By this point you may have read about my 10-year notebook, a notebook that’s really stood the test of time and one that I just keep going back to. Does it have special paper, thick and absorbent, filled with dots and grids, lined with inspiring quotes, and formatted specifically for highly stylized journaling techniques? No, … Read more
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
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
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
The advantages of typed notes are clear for anyone to see. They’re easier to read than written scribble, are trivial to share, quick to produce, and can even be printed out if you really want a paper form for later. But that doesn’t mean you should count out paper altogether. In fact, there are a … Read more
There are many different types of writers out there, from poets and songwriters to novelists, and I’m sure each and every one of them will have differing opinions about how many words you should write a day. But if you’re curious about my daily word count as a real professional web writer with bylines everywhere … Read more
