Semi-precious Paper

At the beginning of May, I wrote a post about how I was reconsidering my multi-decade-long goal of finding the perfect digital notebook, in favor of switching to good old-fashioned pen and paper. I still had an empty Field Notes memo book that I’d picked up during a trip to Chicago, and I resolved to use that as a test case for a journal. As you can see from the above picture, things got a little out of hand. Even before I’d filled up the first one, I fell under the thrall of Field Notes’s marketing, and I figured if I’m going to do this, I’d better commit to it. Better to have it and not need it than need it and not have it, right? Finding the Right Size I got a couple of larger (A5) books with the idea that I could use them as “master” journals, for anything that needs more long-form writing or a deeper dive. They’re approximately the same size as the iPad mini and the older Moleskine I’d dug up, the only two notebooks that I’ve gotten any traction in as an adult. I have yet to use…