29. Notes and Tools and Such

Bookmarked another one for the archives: blogprompts.fyi, where you click a button and it suggests something you can write about! Today, I have

...whether you’re a notetaker or not, and why. If you are, do you prefer paper notebooks, or digital apps?

Oh, I take all the notes. I need to. And it depends on where I am– if at a physical lecture, I'd do them by hand in the bullet journal I bring.

If there is the space for it and I have my laptop, I use Notesnook (like a virtual therapy session– yea, I take notes for that, too).

I don't like using my cellphone for long notes; I'm all thumbs and typing without a physical keyboard just frustrates me. I got stuff like "Notes to Self," or temporary little ones, or ones I won't look at too often like grocery lists.

Some Tools

Notesnook has replaced Evernote when even its free tier was too restricting. It's on my cellphone, too, but there's a generic Notepad app for whatever else (and I've longed stopped using Keep Notes).

I also have one of those phones with the stylus. You pop out the stylus, and it automatically starts the phone's notetaking tool. It's great for noisy bars when I just want to close out my tab or order something- I write it on there right quick. And, well, wherever a pen-and-pad would've been helpful.

I'm still prone to the sticky note thing; at work I have sticky notes everywhere.