Great work on this one. I noticed your last video stoked some criticism, and in this video you extinguished most of the arguments posed. My system has shifted from 100% digital to 40% digital and 60% analog over the past several months, and I’m loving it. I really enjoy this new content you are putting out. I’m compelled to support your channel, likely in the form of a course or two. Cheers!
Thank you, Steven. You're right; I did want to emphasise that my "system" hasn't really changed at all. The only thing that changed was I realised that paper had a place in making my "system" better and more thoughtful.
@@benWKNFSS@benjaminwockenfu6006 I've found my productivity has improved because getting away from the screen has removed a lot of the "instant" distractions that come.
For me, the biggest benefits of the paper is to rest my eyes and my brain from the computer. 8h/day of work on a computer it's clearly too much. The paper is the most productive break we can have.
Great stuff Carl! I’m also in the process of discovering my boundaries between analog and digital and I noticed the same thing, I never read through my old digital journal entries. I started taking a pocket notebook with me instead of capturing everything on my phone and while it adds more friction, I find that to be a good thing as it slows my mind down.
I use A5 size because it feels most comfortable. I usually write three pages every morning but sometimes two, sometimes four. It’s been three decades. I am on journal125. I used to burn them every year but 30 years ago my eldest granddaughter asked me to hold them for her. So… they used to be on shelves but now… so many… they are in baskets on top of my closet. About ninety are spirals… after that I moved into Leuchtturm. Journaling creates a lovely life balance. I’m really enjoying your analog/digital thoughts. Thanks!
As always, I love to try out your ideas to see if they’re workable for me. I now use an A5 spiral bound notebook to jot down my key tasks for each day and find it’s a wonderful way to help me remember what’s on my task list. Todoist is still there, reminding me about future events and recurring tasks. Both paper and digital complement each other.
Wonderful. What you have in your journals are physical artifacts that represent memories. You can remember things and feelings from your journal that would not be available in digital formats.
Carl, this is another interesting video. I enjoy hearing about your experimentation; I have been doing a lot of that myself, even trying out different styles of journals and notebooks, and I have tried several digital planners, finally settling on Todoist. I enjoy trying out different ways of planning and see no harm in doing so. Totally agree with you about the fact that the iPhone is always with me; I know some people talk about carrying a pocket notebook everywhere, but in my experience that hasn’t worked so well as it inevitably gets destroyed. BTW, I recommend listening to some of Alan Watts talks, he is a brilliant speaker, and just had a way of making Buddhist concepts easy to understand . He was a born teacher.
Really interesting. Ive used many systems and approaches over many years. Im now in a place where Im using Obsidian as my electronic trusted store (used for research, notes, and the bulk of to-dos for projects). The planning and scoping bit before that Im doing on paper for the reasons you mention : its distraction free and it feels more organic and like Im making more of a commitment. Also, just started to use the Ivy Lee method to help me focus on the "nows" every day. I think they key is giving yourself permission to blend approaches to make something that works for you
One tip is that if you need a backup of stuff you wrote on paper, scan it into a digital notetaking tool or file system. Apps that use your phone or tablet's camera are convenient for this. Also this lets you take advantage of another analog tool that I love which is a whiteboard.
Hmm, I was hoping this video did that. There's no "integration". All I am doing is using a notebook for the initial planning of a project/idea. That's around thirty minutes, then it's scanned into my notes and I work from there.
Digital note-taking, organising, journaling, and planning are excellent. However, you just cannot beat a pen & paper. Always wins, hands down. I use both together; I always lean on pen & paper to capture things in everyday life (think GTD) :)
Hey, Carl! Thanks so much for your whole channel. This switch to paper has been on my mind for a long while as well, so these recent videos are hitting home. I have a question and I'm not sure if it has been addressed by you or not, and if it hasn't, I'd love some thoughts. So generally speaking for my work (an artist), I require breaking a project down into specific 'chunks' so I can hit them on specific days. For example, let's say a basic ink drawing might be 1. Research 2. Digital file preparation 3. Thumbnails 4. Roughs 5. Pencils 6. Finished inks etc. Any thoughts on how to handle this in a paper form, INCLUDING due dates? Thanks so much, brother!
Hmm, unless you're willing to go down the bullet journal route, organising and structuring a project is likely best done digitally. Planning/thinking works better with paper. Once you have collected your thoughts, and perhaps sketched out some ideas, I would then divide up the project in a notes app or task manager as this would be an organisation part of the project.
Loving the paper planning direction. But, I'm going the other way with this one. I try and take a picture to capture the day, making my entry at the end of the day. I now have about 6 years of notes and at the end of the day I take great pleasure in seeing the last years entries for that day on my phone.
Personally I figured out, that I am most productive using a hybrid system. I use a bullet journal and a small array of other journals alongside with a bunch of digital tools built around obsidian. It is not that one is better than the other. The trick is to combine both methods the way it makes the most sense
Along my way in learning productivity, I have never given up analog tools. I can’t live without my cloud digital tools for sure, but analog tools are definitely something different and can’t be replaced altogether by digital.
I always carry fountain pens and a Smythson Panama book for capture thing (in the car i use my Apple Watch Ultra). And also for deep thinking. My daily todo list i always make the night before. My focus point for the next day. I love paper and pen. And i have bigger journals where i write in. As soon as I'm writing with pen on paper. Can I fully focus? Because there are no notifications that catch my attention or make me do something else. Which sometimes happens on my electronic devices.
🇧🇷 O senhor tocou em um ponto que eu estou refletindo há dias, e também tenho algumas opiniões sobre e logo compartilharei após assistir este vídeo por completo. --- 🇺🇸 You touched on a point that I've been reflecting on for days, and I also have some opinions about it and will soon share it after watching this video in full.
Hi Carl, I can see your Fascination by little gymix such as tickets, receipts, and giveaways, would you can put into your paper book. For me, the search function is the application, which only works in the digital world. I have paper notebooks for about 10 years. I have no idea how to search and where to find so for me a digital diary is the only option, and even on day one it is, a little time consuming, to clean up locations, tags and other information. I travel quite a bit, and I just like to search the location for information like I’ve been here two years ago, we had dinner at the following restaurant and so on. I will never find that in my handwritten diary. I will make a picture of the ticket, I will make a PDF copy of the Restaurant bill and so on. That is my way
Ah, this is just my journal. I wasn't using the search function in Day One (I wasn't even going back and reading them), but I did notice I was going back and reading my paper journals from several years ago. It was that that drew me back to writing my journals by hand. It's more about picking a random journal and reading a random date from the past. WOW! The wonderful memories that flood back bring a smile to my face.
I agree with you, but papers are also dangerous because we write staff, later forget where we wrote it, loose it, or what's so ever. In the end, we all overwhelmed with data, information, projects and struggle to find the right tools to give us balance in work, and life and that is why we seek for better tools and apps combination.
I like the idea of a one life book. Use a a5 from Leuchtturm for that. Taking notes, tracking habits, writing down feelings and ideas, working on todos works great there. I am doing an A.M. upload and a P.M. download. From digital to analog and in the evening backing up in a digital system. Doing the week planning on paper, like Carl showed in one of the latest video with this matrix helped me so much.
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Great work on this one. I noticed your last video stoked some criticism, and in this video you extinguished most of the arguments posed. My system has shifted from 100% digital to 40% digital and 60% analog over the past several months, and I’m loving it. I really enjoy this new content you are putting out. I’m compelled to support your channel, likely in the form of a course or two. Cheers!
Thank you, Steven. You're right; I did want to emphasise that my "system" hasn't really changed at all. The only thing that changed was I realised that paper had a place in making my "system" better and more thoughtful.
Same here. Your last video motivates me, that my feeling, to start become creative with pen an paper could be a productive way as well.
@@benWKNFSS@benjaminwockenfu6006 I've found my productivity has improved because getting away from the screen has removed a lot of the "instant" distractions that come.
For me, the biggest benefits of the paper is to rest my eyes and my brain from the computer. 8h/day of work on a computer it's clearly too much. The paper is the most productive break we can have.
totally agree.
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I really like this new direction, Carl. I've always used both digital and analog, and I like the way you clarify what works best with each.
Agree
Great stuff Carl! I’m also in the process of discovering my boundaries between analog and digital and I noticed the same thing, I never read through my old digital journal entries.
I started taking a pocket notebook with me instead of capturing everything on my phone and while it adds more friction, I find that to be a good thing as it slows my mind down.
That's something I want to experiment with next is carrying a pocket notebook with me. I have a Baron Fig Confidant pocket notebook armed and ready 🙂
I use A5 size because it feels most comfortable. I usually write three pages every morning but sometimes two, sometimes four. It’s been three decades. I am on journal125. I used to burn them every year but 30 years ago my eldest granddaughter asked me to hold them for her. So… they used to be on shelves but now… so many… they are in baskets on top of my closet. About ninety are spirals… after that I moved into Leuchtturm. Journaling creates a lovely life balance. I’m really enjoying your analog/digital thoughts. Thanks!
WOW! Think of the history you've documented there. Your granddaughter was very perceptive. 🙂
As always, I love to try out your ideas to see if they’re workable for me. I now use an A5 spiral bound notebook to jot down my key tasks for each day and find it’s a wonderful way to help me remember what’s on my task list. Todoist is still there, reminding me about future events and recurring tasks. Both paper and digital complement each other.
They do indeed. It's surprising how much they compliment each other too.
Wonderful. What you have in your journals are physical artifacts that represent memories. You can remember things and feelings from your journal that would not be available in digital formats.
That's so true, Lyndon.
Hello from Texas! I have learned a lot through your videos and your COD course. Keep up the great work!
Thank you, Michael.
Carl, this is another interesting video. I enjoy hearing about your experimentation; I have been doing a lot of that myself, even trying out different styles of journals and notebooks, and I have tried several digital planners, finally settling on Todoist. I enjoy trying out different ways of planning and see no harm in doing so. Totally agree with you about the fact that the iPhone is always with me; I know some people talk about carrying a pocket notebook everywhere, but in my experience that hasn’t worked so well as it inevitably gets destroyed. BTW, I recommend listening to some of Alan Watts talks, he is a brilliant speaker, and just had a way of making Buddhist concepts easy to understand . He was a born teacher.
Hi Jeff, thank you for sharing that. I too have struggled with the pocket notebook idea.
The topic was EXACTLY what I was musing on! 🙏
Glad to have been able to help.
Idk why you seem more humorous in this video than in others. Thanks for this great video again!
Beautiful video. Your logic is so profound and your wisdom our blessing- Thanks Carl
Thank you for watching 🙂
I really like your video contents for using fountain pen and paper. I'd love more of it. 🖋️📖
Will be doing more, Frank. I have quite a list building 🙂
Really interesting. Ive used many systems and approaches over many years. Im now in a place where Im using Obsidian as my electronic trusted store (used for research, notes, and the bulk of to-dos for projects). The planning and scoping bit before that Im doing on paper for the reasons you mention : its distraction free and it feels more organic and like Im making more of a commitment. Also, just started to use the Ivy Lee method to help me focus on the "nows" every day. I think they key is giving yourself permission to blend approaches to make something that works for you
One tip is that if you need a backup of stuff you wrote on paper, scan it into a digital notetaking tool or file system. Apps that use your phone or tablet's camera are convenient for this. Also this lets you take advantage of another analog tool that I love which is a whiteboard.
I would love a video or class on how you integrate Todoist, Evernote and a notebook into a comprehensive system
Hmm, I was hoping this video did that. There's no "integration". All I am doing is using a notebook for the initial planning of a project/idea. That's around thirty minutes, then it's scanned into my notes and I work from there.
Like the „fountain-pen-of-the-video“ part!
Digital note-taking, organising, journaling, and planning are excellent. However, you just cannot beat a pen & paper. Always wins, hands down. I use both together; I always lean on pen & paper to capture things in everyday life (think GTD) :)
So true, Mark.
Hey, Carl! Thanks so much for your whole channel. This switch to paper has been on my mind for a long while as well, so these recent videos are hitting home. I have a question and I'm not sure if it has been addressed by you or not, and if it hasn't, I'd love some thoughts. So generally speaking for my work (an artist), I require breaking a project down into specific 'chunks' so I can hit them on specific days. For example, let's say a basic ink drawing might be 1. Research 2. Digital file preparation 3. Thumbnails 4. Roughs 5. Pencils 6. Finished inks etc. Any thoughts on how to handle this in a paper form, INCLUDING due dates? Thanks so much, brother!
Hmm, unless you're willing to go down the bullet journal route, organising and structuring a project is likely best done digitally. Planning/thinking works better with paper. Once you have collected your thoughts, and perhaps sketched out some ideas, I would then divide up the project in a notes app or task manager as this would be an organisation part of the project.
Loving the paper planning direction. But, I'm going the other way with this one. I try and take a picture to capture the day, making my entry at the end of the day. I now have about 6 years of notes and at the end of the day I take great pleasure in seeing the last years entries for that day on my phone.
Personally I figured out, that I am most productive using a hybrid system. I use a bullet journal and a small array of other journals alongside with a bunch of digital tools built around obsidian. It is not that one is better than the other. The trick is to combine both methods the way it makes the most sense
Outstanding content. Merging analog and digital formats is something I'm still struggling with.
It's a challenge, certainly. But a lot of fun. 🙂
Along my way in learning productivity, I have never given up analog tools. I can’t live without my cloud digital tools for sure, but analog tools are definitely something different and can’t be replaced altogether by digital.
I agree with you there. 🙂
I always carry fountain pens and a Smythson Panama book for capture thing (in the car i use my Apple Watch Ultra). And also for deep thinking. My daily todo list i always make the night before. My focus point for the next day. I love paper and pen. And i have bigger journals where i write in. As soon as I'm writing with pen on paper. Can I fully focus? Because there are no notifications that catch my attention or make me do something else. Which sometimes happens on my electronic devices.
Ooh, the Smythson Panama book. Very nice!
I know the problem with fountain pens :) unfortunately even moleskine is not great but Leuchtturm and Semikolon :)
I've settled on the Baron Fig Large Confidant for my journal. It's well built, and the paper is fountain pen friendly. 🙂
Ok this video is important !
🇧🇷 O senhor tocou em um ponto que eu estou refletindo há dias, e também tenho algumas opiniões sobre e logo compartilharei após assistir este vídeo por completo.
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🇺🇸 You touched on a point that I've been reflecting on for days, and I also have some opinions about it and will soon share it after watching this video in full.
Acho que o papel funciona melhor quando quero pensar. Menos distrações e meu cérebro funciona melhor sem tela.
Hi Carl, I can see your Fascination by little gymix such as tickets, receipts, and giveaways, would you can put into your paper book. For me, the search function is the application, which only works in the digital world. I have paper notebooks for about 10 years. I have no idea how to search and where to find so for me a digital diary is the only option, and even on day one it is, a little time consuming, to clean up locations, tags and other information. I travel quite a bit, and I just like to search the location for information like I’ve been here two years ago, we had dinner at the following restaurant and so on. I will never find that in my handwritten diary. I will make a picture of the ticket, I will make a PDF copy of the Restaurant bill and so on. That is my way
Ah, this is just my journal. I wasn't using the search function in Day One (I wasn't even going back and reading them), but I did notice I was going back and reading my paper journals from several years ago. It was that that drew me back to writing my journals by hand.
It's more about picking a random journal and reading a random date from the past. WOW! The wonderful memories that flood back bring a smile to my face.
I agree with you, but papers are also dangerous because we write staff, later forget where we wrote it, loose it, or what's so ever. In the end, we all overwhelmed with data, information, projects and struggle to find the right tools to give us balance in work, and life and that is why we seek for better tools and apps combination.
I like the idea of a one life book. Use a a5 from Leuchtturm for that. Taking notes, tracking habits, writing down feelings and ideas, working on todos works great there. I am doing an A.M. upload and a P.M. download. From digital to analog and in the evening backing up in a digital system. Doing the week planning on paper, like Carl showed in one of the latest video with this matrix helped me so much.
Make sure to scan your paper into your digital system to reduce the chances of losing it. ;)
You're right, Isaac. That's why I would always emphasise one notebook at a time.
Even though i have Mind Map on my pc and phone.. I'm still better at it on paper
I've noticed a lot of people have found the same thing.
@@Carl_Pullein thank you for this wonderful video