This pocket notebook saved me from scrolling
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- My thoughts after using a pocket notebook for 2 weeks and how I use it with my digital notes system as an entrepreneur with ADHD.
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Being a reader, I can't leave the house without a book. I have also been journaling since I was a kid. Love notebooks. Enjoyed the video!
Thank you friend! I am the same way, I use an index card that I jot notes on vertically. It helps to force constraints on my book notes so I only extract the most valuable contents. It also makes for a useful bookmark!
@@TonyRamella I also use index cards that I place between the pages when I don't have my journal with me! Awesome.
"Pocket attention vacuum"... Love that! 🤘🏼
Well made video. Honestly thought I was watching someone with a few hundred thousand subscribers based on the quality. Great work!
Thank you for the kind words! Glad you enjoyed
Likewise!
Thanks for sharing. Great ideas to get me started.
I love seeing people join the club of pocket notes :) and great to hear how you manage both digital and physical notes :) Ive also had issues with Fountain pens on field notes but there are a number of alternatives out there with same sizing tat have brilliant paper
You put in all the things i needed to know about focus, distractions, mind vacuums, and homestly a better way to live.
Ive always chased the app that will work with my adhd brain. My head has been spinning with it. This sounds like the right way.
You said that you noticed you werent going back to look at the old entries in the digital system but did in the notebook.
Same here. It is obvious now that you have said it.
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Amazing, thank you my friend. Yeah, I feel most of those ADHD apps are marketing schemes to get us to impulsively download them. None of them "stick" long term and just play on our novelty seeking brains.
The thing about digital journal entries is they are too "out of sight, out of mind". A notebook invites you to read it by its very nature, you can't ignore the previous pages. Glad we are on the same "page"!
I love the emphasis on "embrace the sloppiness" of pocket notebook notes, and the way you show how reading and writing your notes enriches your experience and your memory. One problem with digital everything (note-taking, calendars, writing, etc.) is that digital systems make everything look "perfect" and make us think we have actually accomplished and remembered something. Field Notes is great, but you can also just use a small spiral notebook that you can buy for 99 cents.
Absolutely! You nailed it. And yes I agree, you don’t need field notes. Whatever kind of notebook works for you, use it! That might mean trying a bunch of different types to figure out your ideal. Thanks for watching!
Great video. I really want to use my phone less! Off to buy a notebook….
Thanks for the inspiration!
I find it interesting that after several decades of using various types of bound notebooks, including pocket notebooks for about the last full decade of that, that about 3 years ago I moved from paper notebooks to a reMarkable2 - still hand-written notes, and still various “notebooks” for different topics, but I find it so empowering to be carrying around the equivalent of about 3 cases of letter-sized paper in notes. Looking at possibly downsizing to the Supernote Nomad. I DO miss using my fancy pens and the feel and smell of paper, but the sheer volume of resources I carry around with me is awesome.
Tony you're totally spot on! Pocket Notebooks are great to be mindful of your day.
Love the statistics! I have been using Pen & Gear notebook, Walmart's $1 that is fountain pen friendly. It is just the right size that any A6 cover will fit it
Walmart have the best cheap high quality notebooks 📓
Agree. Walmart has the least expensive notebooks and use the old composition notebooks to journal every morning. Just using a small notebook/booklet and listing all thoughts and ideas, do a brain spill, Coding each item has been very helpful for me. In my planning if I am going shopping will review my listings, and highlight all "HD" or Home Depot items. Often I take a picture of my list and place in photos to transfer it to my phone and utilize the list that way. Mark a location to it and will pop up on my phone/smart watch to use it while in the store, but still fine tuning this method.
Brilliant. Fellow ADHDer… I recently purchased a Supernote Nomad for similar reasons. So far, so good! Screen time is down about 40%. :)
To write by hand it's simple and genius. And it works! I wish you big luck with your channel!
Great video and very informative! TFS! 🤗
For this past year I’ve been using a Field Notes size pocket notebook as a very modified bullet journal 📓 that’s always with me. One book covers 1 quarter of the year, and I have notes in back on projects I’m working on. (I also use an inexpensive A5 size notebook 📓 with either grid or dots to journal at least 3 pages a day. That helps keep the pocket notebook focused on jotting down thoughts & ideas, while having another space to reflect & unpacking ideas.) Currently the 3 pack of Moleskine Cahier books with 64 pages of dots, last 16 pages have perforated pages for easy tear out if you want to leave/give a note. Instead of binding with staples it has stitches & has held up fine for 3 months of use.
Off to peak at a few of your other videos.
This inspired me man. It's SO easy to capture with tools these days that even seeing the title of this video, I thought "it takes too much time". I'm really curious though how this would impact me creatively, mentally and emotionally. I appreciate you taking the time to share your insights.
Thank you, friend! I can say I've definitely seen a noticeable improvement in my creative output. There are studies that have shown that imposing constraints upon yourself can boost creativity and thinking on paper certainly does that for me. Glad to hear it inspired you!
Your video and the ideas with the field notes are very interesting. Currently, I'm using a C.R. Gibson pocket notebook along with a Rhodia A5 as a bullet journal. Nevertheless, having a pocket notebook is an incredible and very useful experience.
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Great video and loved your analysis of how our phones though very useful can be a distraction when trying to focus on specific tasks/ ideas. . I love to write, plan and there is something about going all "digital" that does not work for me. But have also worked on coordinating the two as To Do/daily planning: I keep lists on my phone and mark a location for certain items and when approaching the store, it pops up on my phone (grocery list) and this is wonderful. It appears on my watch and can mark it off as completed. . I often take a picture of my list and have it in photos when at a store to review. Learning to mark all with a "location" so that it pops up on my phone/watch when entering the location area helps tremendously. Having said that, I love pen and paper and though I use small notebooks- even a traveller's journal with refillable notebooks- I agree writing down thoughts and ideas seem to make it come to fruition. Guess the coordination of both phone and notebooks has reached a new level to getting things done. Enjoyed your thoughts and valuable information.
I'd love to see your symbol key/legend or how you set up a new notebook for daily use. Thanks for a great video.
I love using pocket notebooks. I also use symbols for the different categories that I write notes about in my commonplace pocket notebook, too. That makes it easier to reference those categories later on.
Yes, I devised just a simple list in my traveller's journal, and have a coding scheme- marking "P" for purchases or "A" for appointment, or "E" for event so that I can easily reference what I am searching for - as a past event if needed. I am a big believer in the KISS method "Keep It Simple Stupid" which I learned long ago. Or "over analysis causes paralysis". Works for me.
"People didn't sit around for hours playing Snake" You underestimate my power, jedi.
Symbol use as part of the progressive review (maintenance rehearsal) is a great idea. It also has the benefit of matching those symbols/icons in a note taking system (I use obsidian). Thank you for using the original term or concept of maintenance rehearsal. Often times people will come across a less used tactic and give it a new name while omitting the origin making it more difficult to research.
I couldn’t agree more about using established terminology. I’d rather people actually find out more about these valuable concepts
Very good video, thank you.
Fantastic video ♥️
I like the video, thanks for sharing ur story with pocket notebooks. Agreed, so easy to get distracted when looking at my phone, so having the pocket notebook is perfect for taking notes. I use it as my deposit for rapid logging my daily logs, then combining them with my A5 size bullet journal. Like u said, the process of reflecting, considering and moving the notes to the central location helps weed out the things that are no longer important or needed.
I have several fountain pens with various sizes and it is pretty hit or miss, but some of them do work in Field Notes. I have also tried Field Books (Elan Publishing), Log & Jotter (cool subscription), Travelers (passport size) and Muji notebooks in my almost-yearlong journey with pocket notebooks. They mostly perform the same, but Muji and Travelers (Midori paper) held up the best to various fountain pens. U could also try Goulet notebooks, which have tomoe river paper in then, but the downside would be the dry time, which isn't ideal for quick jots in a.pocket notebook.
very nice vid, keep it up!
Thanks for watching, friend!
Amazing video thank you. Earlier this year I ditched Notion as I was spending so much time on the system and process rather than the notes and the action. Have just been using the basic notes app on my phone but I 100% get distracted just as you say. Will give this method a try and see I can can claim more of my brain back!
love it, thanks
Hey Tony, great video thanks for sharing. Ad. bleed-thru try different ink something like Carbon black by platinum - I found this works well with Lamy safari w F nib. You may also try very cheap Muji pocket notebooks (brown-glued) with the same combination. What I want to say is that bleed-thru is connected with A. Ink or B. Nib or both. High-penetrating inks like eg. noodler's are not the best for such notebooks. best!
Try using Japanese pocket notebooks such as the apica cd in a7, a6, or b7. If you get b7 you can fit it easily in a passport cover. The notebooks can be found cheapest on jet pens. These notebooks are fountain pen friendly
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Thank you my friend!
In my experience, using paper is better for capture of information, and digital is better for storage of information. So my handwritten notes go into something like Apple Notes for long-term storage and retrieval.
Great Video, but towards the end when you said you know what you put in the front and the back every time, you never said what you put on the inside front cover and the 1st page? I do like the idea of the log in the back, I'm going to try that. Thanks
Snake was the best. :) I'm an old soul. I prefer analog for a lot of things.
You could try the Clairefontaine 9x14cm notebooks. They are to the fraction of an inch the same size as a 3,5"x5,5" notebook and come with some of the most fountain pen friendly paper that exists. They're also pretty cheap too... or at least here in Europe I can get a 10 pack for 15€. If you want the Kraft paper cover experience, then look for their Forever series with recycled paper. All other notebooks come either with a plastic cover or a plastic layer on the top paper to make it more water resistant.
Thanks for the suggestion. I believer those are spiral notebooks, which is not ideal for carrying in my pocket. Unless we just have limited options here in the U.S.
Ahh, I see. Maybe they are hard to find? I'm pretty sure that they are available in the US too. No, they are staple bound and have model numbers like 63596C, 63592C, 68496C. I could post the amazon links but most posts with links get automatically removed.
If I search for it I can find it at a place called Atlas Stationers?
@@TonyRamella Did you find it?
Some months ago I decided to standardise on Field Notes and bought a 3-pack of them. I also use fountain pens. I then discovered I had to get an EF Lamy pen, because the EF nib is usable on Field Notes paper. And that was after I ordered a custom leather holder for the notebook, so no going back now! Would be very interested in a better quality notebook that has the same dimensions
Yeah I have the EF Lamy and love it, although I've found it is easier for me to just use a push pen with my field notes anyway. Look into the Pilot Precise V5 it works wonderfully with field notes.
maybe try Field Notes “Heavy Duty”. I get much less bleed through. UPDATE: I checked a bunch of my notebooks, under Specifications/Innards inside the back cover. Heavy Duty uses Finch Paper Opaque Smooth 70#T "Bright White". Workshop Companion (FNC-27) and Front Page (FN-30) also use 70#. Most of the special editions I checked use 60#. A couple of old Kraft notebooks use 50#, though the ones currently on sale use 60#.
Fountain pen friendly field book size=A5 midori light notebook? Perhaps try this?
What ink are you using in your pen? I have been using a fountain pen with FNB notebooks for just under ten years and have experienced no bleed through. There is sometimes ghosting, but that is the extent of any bleeding. OTOH, I primarily use F, MF, and EF nibs. You may be laying down too much ink and might consider a finer nib.
My workflow (for writing):
1. Field notes (basically marginalia or fleeting notes).
2. Review field notes and consolidate them into one sentence/paragraph into a flash card. The fewer words the better.
3. Field notes that make the cut go onto flashcards as atomic notes.
4. Review relationships between atomic notes.
5. And noticeably useful relationships are indexed into other flashcards, which I call sequence notes.
6. Review relationship between multiple sequences for more thematic relationships.
7. Noticeably useful relationships are again indexed into flashcards.
I do this no matter what the source of info is, e.g., books, research books, etc. Once I'm ready to write an article, book, software, etc., I don't just have notes to drum up ideas but ready-made relationships to guide my writing. If you've ever free written, you'll know how frustrating it is when you go tangent and don't finish the end goal. This helps give your research sources AND guide for what to do with them. I call pre-writing, where you do all the interesting connecting of the dots before writing about the connections.
Note: You can dump it into Obsidian or keep it completely analog all the way. I go through all 7 steps analog and back it up on Obsidian.
This is fantastic, its almost exactly my current workflow. I've recently been using an analog zettelkasten and treating my digital zettelkasten more as a backup and search tool, although it definitely takes up a lot more time this way, so I'm not sure how long it will last.
I go over my process of making source notes here th-cam.com/video/BH5bOCHgQw4/w-d-xo.htmlsi=Ucqp89FEfDpv9UDK
I suggest you read book Bullet Journal
Been using Field Notes for years...no issues with fountain pens.
With the way I write, I can get away with using EF or F nib fountain pens without issue. Anything bigger tends to bleed for me.
Great video. How do you sync Obsidian on your phone?
Thanks! I use iCloud but you can also use Google Drive or Dropbox. I honestly don’t use obsidian on my phone that much at all since carrying my pocket notebook
@@TonyRamella Thank you.
How do you keep your notebook together? I inspect trains for a living. I sweat a bit due to miles of walking. I have to end up throwing mine away because between the sweat, the moving and the sitting, I destroy them fast.
How about using a notebook cover that doubles as a wallet, or a passport holder?
You stated that 1 of the things that you don't particularly like about this specific notebook Is that your fountain pen bleeds through. Do you normally carry your fountain pen out the door with you when you go in the morning along with your keys et cetera? To me, my fountain pen is too precious To carry around in that way. I only use I only use it at my desk very intentionally. Great video. I have been keeping a common place notebook for years
There are portable options. Lamy Safari or like a Platinum Preppy are solid fountain pens that don’t cost a lot and are reasonably durable. I use my Safari like I would any cheap ballpoint. Even a plastic Kaweco Sport would work. Depends on your price point, the pen, and how forgetful you are I guess.
I bought a 3 or 5 pk of Field Notes notebooks, have one in my coat for over a month. Haven’t used it once…
I hope this video motivates you to try it out even just for a day. I found the biggest barrier for me was not knowing what to write on the first page. Leave the first page blank and just start using it as a scratch pad for your random thoughts
i wonder why is your insta in Portuguese in that demonstration haha
It’s stock footage lol good eye though!
You from New Jersey?
Yes! Good ear
@@TonyRamella Haha! The "I was on line" did it for me. Great video, man!
Is it just me or does he look like Tom Hardy?
I’ve never been told that but I’ll take it!
@@TonyRamella This is the first video I saw from your channel and it was the first thought ;D
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Then dont download the app. Personally I do have instagram on my phone but thats about it. Can't be distracted by an app i dont own. For me I need the digital capture cause of how quick it is.
If I write my notes I kinda dont need them anymore, writing helps me memorize it instantly