Recording Thoughts

Recording Thoughts: Improve your life with pen & paper

  • A trick to reduce handwriting stress

    One of the advantages of fountain pens is that they require very little pressure to write. This encourages a looser grip, which in turn means less stress and tiring. It usually works that way. But when I’m in a hurry, under stress to write both fast and neat, or have simply enjoyed too much coffee,…

  • Fixing A Broken Moleskine Band

    A very popular post on the OG RecordingThoughts.com was on how to fix a broken Moleskine band. Someone even left a comment on the new blog asking about it. I replied I’d repost but when I went looking for the photos, I couldn’t find them. So, I made a video instead: https://youtu.be/Q2sFfAo03uA I hope it…

  • Moving to Mastodon

    Like a lot of folks I’m moving to Mastodon. It’s not to say you’ll never see me on Twitter again, but I’ll be putting my focus on Mastodon. [UPDATE FEB 2023] Well, maybe not. Mstdn.party, the instance where I’d made my account, was abandoned by its administrator and was beginning to be blocked. So I…

  • Business notes – loose pages or notebook?

    Yes, I know. You’re looking at me thinking I’m some kind of luddite. Here we are, sitting in a meeting and you’ve got your tablet out and I’ve got my pen and paper. Yes, I work with software, databases, and data visualization, and therefore I should be technologically adept. I am. I also enjoy reaping…

  • Only girls keep diaries

    When I was a boy I didn’t keep a journal because back then I didn’t know what a journal was, I knew what a diary was. Diaries were kept by girls, not boys in my mind. I thought about starting one and calling it a log book. Later I learned that another term was journal,…

  • Don’t Make This Mistake – Pen And Paper On Choosing A House

    A few years ago we bought our new house in Kentucky. We looked at a lot of houses. It’s hard enough to find a new place in a region that is familiar, but in a new state it’s even more challenging. I kept bringing a notebook thinking the notes would be helpful in making a…

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