In the middle of trying to be all digitally and all of that I ended up getting a pack of Index Cards while getting some other stuff at a book store.

Just because.

I have kind of been doing my own ugmonk-ish thing for a few weeks, as I have in the past.

It works surprisingly well to just write down what are the most important 5 things on a high level right now. When it changes etc I flip it or find a new card.

I left paper planning because I was basically just doing the same digitally as I was doing on paper.

After a few weeks off I started to see how I used to do things and started to think about doing that again.

So I started to move some things back to paper that isn’t much of a point in having digitally. Plus doing some stuff that is better to have on paper.

Like what days I follow a strict diet, when I’m going into the office. What tasks I’m doing what days etc.

So far it is working okay.

I’m always being pulled between different formats for my working notebook. As the one I always have in front of me to work as my short term memory.

ADHD is awesome sometimes. Usually it is. But I hate some parts of not remembering shit, but nice to not remember spoilers.

What I like about small pages is that I’m wasting less paper when I decide to just start on a fresh page and move things over and that I’m forced to be a bit more focused.

What I like about bigger pages is that it is easier to have a capture section or divide things more like fun

I’ve been using Travelers Notebooks a lot over the last few months. More than in a long time. I think it will continue until I actually get a plotter.

The thing I prefer about them compared to a regular A5 is that them being narrow makes it easy to fit them in a lot of pockets etc that would not fit a A5 notebook. Like the front side pockets on my BrainBag.

I’m going to order a bible sized plotter as soon as I have room for it in my budget. The initial plan is to just get the binder, some basic refills and accessories.

What have made this take forever is both expense and the added complexities of me having to order it through different channels than their store, because their “international” shipping is limited to US + Canada.

All my “systems” digital and analog have this weird tendency to just be additive. I make it to solve a system, and then I just keep adding things until I end up in a place where I just need to scrap it all and start from scratch to get something to works for me again.

I’ve been in that place with my planning / goals etc over the last year to year and a half. Trying to avoid starting from scratch a bunch of times.

But it was where I just had to go a few weeks ago. I just moved most things digital for now, leaving me with capture, hit lists and “working things out” as my paper stuff for now.

Funny thing is that I often end up doing this and getting back to the initial idea of how I used do things dropping the time warped misconception of it.

I love the feeling when I get to the last page of a notebook and can finish it all up, get a new one and start fresh.

Once I’m done with it I appreciate all the pages I have filled up before I throw it in the bin.

I was thinking the other day while using the Pilot Custom 823: if I could only have one fountain pen this would be it.

Why? It is a great pen that just works great. Never have anything to complain about with it.

I’d love to have better color options and all the regular shit. Otherwise a really fucking awesome pen.

When I completed the first refill I started to do some minor changes to how I use it. The biggest one is to use half a page for what used to use a full page for.

The main reason was that most of the time I used close to a half page, and where I didn’t it have been useful to “focus” (or reduce) my plans or goals.

Also useful for when I pick a binder size.