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Do you still write using pen and paper?

Fairydust · F
Yes, I also use a paper diary.
HumanEarth · F
Never need a battery or a satellite.

I can challenge you to race if we ever to meet face to face.

I will bet you 25¢ that I can find any location faster than you

Paper VS Digital
Fairydust · F
@HumanEarth

I’m good at finding locations, I drive all over for work.
HumanEarth · F
So do I, (well when I was working regularly, thanks seizures)
HumanEarth · F
About 80% of the time

I still hand write letters and postcards for one thing

Plus I only write in cursive
Matt85 · 36-40, M
I do for my shopping list and to take my meter readings.

It's always good to have them handy.
ThickMadame · 51-55, F
All the time

I barely use a computer device.

I always forget to check my email. Sometimes I go a week or more without checking it.

If you look at my activity on here. I'm not very active user.
dancingtongue · 80-89, M
Depends upon purpose and audience. As a professional journalist/writer, I already could type from 80-100 words a minute on typewriters depending upon manual or electric, but word processing was a God send both for adding to the speed and editing capabilities on large articles and documents, and speedy communication through email. With a full-sized keyboard that is. Those advantages shrink along with the keyboards as you go to laptop to tablet to phone.

And while I am not an iron clad etiquette dinosaur who insists that most social communication needs to be handwritten, the hand-written note or card on special occasions or to convey highly personal feelings (rather than the I'm sending a card because society and/or marketing says I should) does add something to the message. It communicates a little more investment, a little more personality.

Then there are the making of lists, jotting down thoughts/ideas, outlining things, etc. -- I still find it easier to jot them down with pen and paper. And my printer is happy to oblige by generating reams of scratch paper from malfunctions.
Lostpoet · M
It's the only way I write every poem looked like this at some point.
Pfuzylogic · M
often, twice daily I write my blood sugar levels down.
SW-User
Yup but can’t deny that my handwriting is deteriorating lol
NerdySoph · 26-30, F
Rarely, but sometimes yes.
yea....I am not sure why but somehow it helps me think better

maybe it has to do with transient currents as signals cross the corpus callossum
Unlearn · 41-45, M
@OrionInTheNight me too. I guess it forces us to be more present in the current moment...
WandererTony · 56-60, M
Hardly ever. We don’t even use the printer in our office these days. 😊
Covid wfh taught us to become paperless at work !!
helenS · 36-40, F
@WandererTony 👍🏽
Paper sheets are an obsolete relic from the past.
WandererTony · 56-60, M
@helenS saving trees 🌳 🌴 🌲
Europe needs paper for napkins and tissue. 😃
In India there is water 😅😇😂
exexec · 61-69, C
Yes, every day. Notes to myself or my wife. Notes on cards mailed to others. Pen and paper stay by my computer.
likesnatural · 70-79, M
Yes. I usually write my outline and notes, then finish on the computer.
calicuz · 56-60, M
Only notes when on the phone, or work notes.
ArtieKat · M
@calicuz That's what I was going to say!
FreestyleArt · 31-35, M
Sometimes...

Mostly on my phone and computer.
helenS · 36-40, F
Almost never. Even my grocery lists are electronic... 😏
MarineBob · 56-60, M
Most of my billing is even done by hand
Lilymoon · F
I write a lot of notes to myself also journaling.
TexChik · F
Only on greeting and birthday type cards .
Tetsuya · 56-60, M
yes and I write in script
PatKirby · M
@Tetsuya

I try to write like in Monotype Corsiva.
BarbossasHusband · 36-40, M
Pretty much every day
HeWhoWalks39 · 36-40, M
Yep at work when i count my drawer.. Cause if you mess up you have to start all over and coutning that change aint no joke 🤣🤣🤣 so if i mess up i dont have to start all over counting.. I write each amount down exspcially the change
Dlrannie · 31-35, F
Occasionally 🙂🐼🥢
WormMan · 56-60, M
QCDog2659 · 61-69, M
Yes.

My words are important and impactful; thus deserving of being written, by my hand.
Unlearn · 41-45, M
@QCDog2659 I hope you aren't being sarcastic...
QCDog2659 · 61-69, M
@Unlearn Not sarcastic.

Honest, thoughful, and realistic.
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samueltyler2 · 80-89, M
occasionally, i have a pen with me now to take notes at a talk i am attending tonight.
Katie01 · F
I don't think I've written anything with a pen in like three years
Raaii · 22-25, F
ofcourse a lot
I give exams in pen n paper mode so have to practice
SW-User
I print crosswords in ink. You make fewer mistakes that way.
ChipmunkErnie · 70-79, M
Sometimes, but not if I'm writing a story or something long.
CrazyMusicLover · 31-35
Yes, when I'm learning a new language. And a pencil for journaling.
For certain things, there is no substitute.
Yes , I do. Actually I prefer using a pencil
PatKirby · M
Daily at work and in cursive.
Not usually, but I need to.
BijouPleasurette · 36-40, F
Not very often these days.
SW-User
I journal most days.
Northerner · 70-79, M
Not often enough.
JovialMoose · 51-55, M
Notes for work.
samueltyler2 · 80-89, M
Pinkstarburst · 51-55, F
Sidewinder · 36-40, M
Degbeme · 70-79, M
akindheart · 61-69, F
Chisel and stone…
Azlotto · M
Yes, and I still use sticky notes.

 
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