Re: [emacs-humanities] How do you keep engaged with your writings?

[Paul W. Rankin]

On 2021-01-23 16:57, Manuel Uberti wrote:
> Everything is indexed in bullet journaling, so I can quickly go to 
> important
> notes and lists. The beauty of it is that, just like Emacs, it is 
> entirely
> customisable to suit one's needs. I keep track of expenses at home, log 
> my
> readings, organise my studies at University, manage appointments, etc.
>
> As for the rest, I am happy to set my computer aside as much as 
> possible. I
> already spend too much time on it for work and writing anyway.

Please allow me to echo Manuel's praise for a paper notebook. A couple 
of advantages over digital that may not be immediately obvious:

Requires no syncing. A while back I had what seemed like an epiphany: I 
had wasted many hours of my life just trying to *sync* various things. 
Now, anything that advertises syncing as a feature I approach with 
trepidation.

Graceful decay of tasks. Each week turns a new page; if I have 
incomplete tasks from the previous week, I'll need to copy them over to 
the current week. Often times a task seems important at the time but 
less so later. Unimportant tasks just don't get copied over gracefully 
fade into the past.