Comment by 🍀 gritty
Re: "How do you compare journaling by hand to digital note…"
I find the forced slowdown is beneficial to my mind. methodical, patient thoughts
Feb 14 · 3 months ago
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👻 darkghost · Feb 14 at 10:17:
My mind palace looks like one of those hoarders shows. Slowing down is essential.
🪐 terra-zz0 · Feb 15 at 11:21:
Digital notes are easily forgettable. I used to make a lot of them in Obsidian and now I do in Logseq but do I remember if I created a specific note? Not really.
When I was still a student I used to re-write my notes by hand before exams to learn and... it actually worked.
If you want to remember what you write - it's better to do some handwriting, IMO.
Wow, that is a lot of agreement
❤️ fairlygood · Feb 16 at 20:20:
@lab6 I really like mine. Very hackable devices and there is a good community of people making them more useful.
Original Post
How do you compare journaling by hand to digital note taking - I have been journaling now for about a month by hand, with a fountain pen on a paper journal, every evening and find it a treasure. I used to write notes about my thoughts and ideas, tasks and such on Notion and later on Joplin. I find paper journaling superior to these. For my needs atleast. My goal was to find a better structure for self-reflection and my religious practice of Tasawwuf. To make it more embadded in my routine as...