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Do you still write using pen and paper?

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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.
NerdySoph · 26-30, F
Rarely, but sometimes yes.
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
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...
exexec · 70-79, C
Yes, every day. Notes to myself or my wife. Notes on cards mailed to others. Pen and paper stay by my computer.
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 😅😇😂
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!
helenS · 36-40, F
Almost never. Even my grocery lists are electronic... 😏
TexChik · F
Only on greeting and birthday type cards .
FreestyleArt · 31-35, M
Sometimes...

Mostly on my phone and computer.
Lilymoon · F
I write a lot of notes to myself also journaling.
MarineBob · 56-60, M
Most of my billing is even done by hand
Tetsuya · 56-60, M
yes and I write in script
PatKirby · M
@Tetsuya

I try to write like in Monotype Corsiva.
SW-User
Pretty much every day
Dlrannie · 31-35, F
Occasionally 🙂🐼🥢
WormMan · 56-60, M
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
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.
CrazyMusicLover · 31-35
Yes, when I'm learning a new language. And a pencil for journaling.
ChipmunkErnie · 70-79, M
Sometimes, but not if I'm writing a story or something long.
Raaii · 22-25, F
ofcourse a lot
I give exams in pen n paper mode so have to practice
Katie01 · F
I don't think I've written anything with a pen in like three years
For certain things, there is no substitute.
SW-User
I print crosswords in ink. You make fewer mistakes that way.
Yes , I do. Actually I prefer using a pencil
BijouPleasurette · 36-40, F
Not very often these days.
Not usually, but I need to.
Northerner · 70-79, M
Not often enough.
SW-User
I journal most days.
samueltyler2 · 80-89, M
JovialMoose · 51-55, M
Notes for work.
Pinkstarburst · 51-55, F
Sidewinder · 36-40, M
akindheart · 61-69, F
Degbeme · 70-79, M
PatKirby · M
Daily at work and in cursive.
Chisel and stone…
Azlotto · M
Yes, and I still use sticky notes.

 
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