For years I had a notebook on my desk. Now, I spend less time at a desk. My thinking is to have a portable less distracting place for note-taking and journaling. I like smartphones and my tablet. They are great. Notebooks are very different, for this easily distracted, creative mind. Writing by hand with a mechanical pencil in a notebook puts my brain into a different gear.

PS. Well that didn't work. It’s just that I am so much more efficient using modern journal techniques. Speech to text is powerful for on-the-fly note taking. The photo is pretty. The idea was well intentioned. But I am going to stick with the tech while being more cautious about getting sucked into mindless scrolling.