{"id":304,"date":"2022-07-07T12:38:27","date_gmt":"2022-07-07T04:38:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dbbd.sg\/writing\/?p=304"},"modified":"2022-08-21T16:55:25","modified_gmt":"2022-08-21T08:55:25","slug":"to-journal-on-paper-or-digital-and-what-daily-endeavours-could-significantly-improve-ones-writing-and-visual-output","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dbbd.sg\/writing\/to-journal-on-paper-or-digital-and-what-daily-endeavours-could-significantly-improve-ones-writing-and-visual-output\/","title":{"rendered":"To journal on paper or digital? And what daily endeavours could significantly improve one&#8217;s writing and visual output?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>One of the things I&#8217;m trying to do is to write a journal daily, but for the last year or so I&#8217;ve already switched to a nearly paperless system using Goodnotes. My setup is that I use an iPad Pro 11&#8243; which I think is a good balance between portability and power, and with that I use the Apple Pencil which allows me to write and draw on it. Before settling on Goodnotes, I did a test drive of several other apps such as Notability,  Morpholio&#8217;s Journal, Inkredible, Mockup, and Paper, but I went with <strong>Goodnotes<\/strong> specifically because of:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Instant OCR of all handwritten notes<\/li><li>How the search results for OCR keywords is presented<\/li><li>Some drawing tools such as straight lines, highlighters, and sticky notes<\/li><li>Less drawing tools &#8211; less faffing about (if you present me too many options I will get distracted)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1000\" height=\"485\" src=\"https:\/\/dbbd.sg\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/planner.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-317\"\/><figcaption>Handwritten Digital Planner in Goodnotes<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>For most purposes, this seems to work. I keep my daily planner on Goodnotes, and a series of &#8220;catch all&#8221; daily notebooks in which I scribble everything. If something is truly important to hold on to or must be archived, I will export it into a PNG and paste it into my Notion, or upload it to Google Drive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So far the system works well, and setting aside about 10 minutes every morning to write is quite liberating &#8211; its like a special me-time that I don&#8217;t usually get as a full-time working mother! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Journalling (ie: either by writing or typing) on screen or tablet is totally fine, but I also do express some things in sketches, and I have to confess that it feels as if I get a mental block much quicker and its harder to get into the flow when I draw on digital. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Why? Could it be the size of the canvas? Although the digital canvas can be zoomed in and out of, it is still a tiny window of 11&#8243;. Is it because the tablet is small (only 11 inches) whereas my mind feels freer when I am staring at a big sheet of paper? The same way one may feel different if you work in a place with a higher ceiling vs a low ceiling? <em>(Fun fact: I once turned down a job offer only because the ceiling in the office was too low. I know, a completely bizarre reason, but I couldn&#8217;t imagine working in an office with the Damocles Sword hanging so close to my forehead)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Daily habits: <\/strong>As I move into the formless, self-determined schedule of a PhD student, I wondered what daily habits I should force myself to keep. Writing is key of course, so I am thinking the current habit of trying to write for 10 minutes every morning is a good thing to keep on doing. But I also wondered if I should add a mandatory sketching requirement to my day. What would come out if I forced myself to also sketch on paper daily? A page a day? Are there other mediums I should try to work in daily? To aim to do a daily blender file? A daily unity project?&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are examples of what I did, all on Tuesday&#8230;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1244\" src=\"https:\/\/dbbd.sg\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20220707_113212-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-307\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dbbd.sg\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20220707_113212-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/dbbd.sg\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20220707_113212-300x146.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><figcaption>Daily Sketchbook?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"3680\" height=\"2256\" src=\"https:\/\/dbbd.sg\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Screenshot-2022-07-05-at-5.05.57-PM.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-308\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dbbd.sg\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Screenshot-2022-07-05-at-5.05.57-PM.png 3680w, https:\/\/dbbd.sg\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Screenshot-2022-07-05-at-5.05.57-PM-300x184.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 3680px) 100vw, 3680px\" \/><figcaption>Daily Blender Render?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1000\" height=\"550\" src=\"https:\/\/dbbd.sg\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/kitchen-spaceship.2022-07-07-11_36_26.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-309\"\/><figcaption>Daily Unity Experiment???<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the things I&#8217;m trying to do is to write a journal daily, but for the last year or so I&#8217;ve already switched to a nearly paperless system using Goodnotes. 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