This pocket notebook is (slowly) replacing my phone

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  @AustinSchrock · 3 years ago (edited) · pinned

  Want a deeper look 👉 Newsletter! <a href="https://substack.com/@austinschrock">https://substack.com/@austinschrock</a><br>My notebook - <a href="https://tinyurl.com/4d9w7rdk">https://tinyurl.com/4d9w7rdk</a>

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  @XxrazorxmintxX · 3 years ago

  there&apos;s a Korean trend/phrase for choosing tactile, &quot;old-fashioned&quot; things to escape our fast-paced, digital lives. You see it in the States too but it&apos;s more associated with hipsters or the cottage-core aesthetic. It&apos;s called &quot;analog life&quot; where people choose to listen to vinyl records, have ticking clocks, use pencil or fountain pens, read physical books, make pour over coffee, sit in a cabin and stare at the scenery or listen to the rain, go camping and cook on a fire, etc. It&apos;s basically intentionally choosing things that might take longer but enjoying the process of it and slowing down your mind, almost meditation in a way.

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  @GregDenver303 · 3 years ago

  I’m a 63 year old engineer who uses electronic devices to keep my life in order. I’m super disciplined and have no issue with it. But being from the baby boomer generation I’m still attracted to paper quite often. Either using paper to make lists or picking up a paper copy of a magazine. I watched your video to see why a younger person would want to spend more time on paper. I was totally impressed by your open mindedness and stating the obvious about distraction. Keep up the good work and push the message to others. Our distractions today can be reduced by choice; just like you’re doing. Well done.

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  @tommygraham1990 · 11 months ago

  The ironic thing is I forgot why I opened YouTube. This video popped up and distracted me…

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  @rinakumakage7077 · 1 year ago

  I&apos;m 21, I live in Iraq, here, most schools have a &quot;no-phone&quot; rule, and I&apos;m a writer, I write stories in hopes of becoming an author one day, I&apos;ve been writing since I was 13, I started writing on our family computer which I just abandoned really quickly after a short while, instead, I wrote on the back of my school notebooks at school, at some point, I got a notebook specifically to write things I want in, I would write stories and even number my pages as I go, going so far as to write 50 pages in one sitting one time, even now, if I start writing on paper, I would write for hours, easily writing several chapters at a time with minimal mistakes as opposed to writing on a computer or phone, it&apos;s just different

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  @tarajones-legros3661 · 3 years ago

  Seeing a young person discover the mental peace that existed for all of us prior to smart phones is pretty neat. There is something to be said for the freedom of not being electronically tethered.

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  @lakeridgekids9698 · 3 years ago

  I&apos;ve found that buying a cheap notebook is more valuable than an expensive one. Fancy journals make me nervous about writing something dumb or make me more concerned with making the notes look nice, rather than freely expressing the thought.

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  @gonefishing3644 · 3 years ago

  Until the 1990s, it was common for adults to carry with them &quot;a little black book&quot; or something similar in a suit pocket or handbag. That little black book had phone numbers and mailing addresses of relatives and friends, lists of things to do, appointment reminders, birthday reminders, ideas and plans, poems they wrote, hand-written recipes, etc. This was very, very common in the days before smart phones. And that little black book never needed charging to function.

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  @meight_u · 1 year ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xssCfBiUds&amp;t=202">3:22</a> bro did you just take a plastic bag to carry your two pocket notebooks 💀

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  @benjamintownshend5125 · 3 years ago

  As someone with ADHD, carrying a small note pad and pen in my pocket at all times has completely changed my life.I can keep to do lists, make quick notes of things to remember and really helps me get stuff done all day.

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  @enricoflamingo · 3 years ago

  Man I love the idea of reclaiming ourselves from the digital world. About a year ago I got tired of my Apple Watch telling me to breathe and switched to a vintage Timex. I got tired of recharging AirPods and switched back to corded headphones that work every time I need them to. I don’t say these things in a smug hipster way but to intentionally live on my terms and use my tools instead of the other way around. Thanks for this video

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  @josephgreisen8504 · 3 years ago (edited)

  I remember back in 2006 when my sister was in college and I would visit her, students didn&apos;t really have smart phones. I carried a notebook with me at a party and was writing down rules to drinking games and a guy asked me.<br> &quot;Why are you carrying a notebook with you?&quot; <br> To which I responded <br> &quot;Dude we are in college.&quot;<br>He nodded in agreement.

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