PTPL 229 · When pencil is more permanant than ink, and appending really is the better way (for me)

Because water won’t wash away pencil, and chronological order makes more sense Productivity inspiration Michael Stevens has stopped writing his analog notes with a fountain pen, in favour of pencil. Because pencil on paper won’t bleed away into oblivion should the pages get soaked, as his did. Even if the pencil gets smudged, you usually have an impression on the paper that can still be read. Unless you’re going to use a waterproof ink, you might want to consider Michael’s new approach for notes you’d hate to lose. I have a couple of completed 5-year diaries written in water-soluble fountain pen ink and am seriously considering writing in pencil for the next one; not least because the Stálogy books bought for the purpose are nowhere near as fountain pen friendly as I’d hoped. If the other books are one day destroyed, I wouldn’t be too upset. Adventures in plain text, and a little paper After my daily note shakeup in Obsidian two weeks ago, I’ve gone back to appending my one note…