Nov 12, 2026, 5:18 PMA fun little happy post…
I’m so glad I rediscovered how much I love writing on paper. Living in our fast paced digital world made me forget the importance and beauty in slowing down.
I write everything down now. Ideas, lists, brain dumps, my daily journal, and I even discovered the world of solo rpg journaling games!
I don’t think I’ll ever use a notes app again.
Edit: added a little note for those who doubt themselves ❤️
@britt
I love the handwriting part of journalling, and I always go to the grocery store with a handwritten list. Even if I leave the list behind I usually remember what I wrote.
@britt that is so cool. Really.
What pen/paper do you like to use? Not asking in a fancy stationery snob way. I'm a lefty and won't use ballpoint (as I push the pen rather than pull).
I had lovely handwriting in my teens and 20s and then it just died out completely once I was out of uni. It's bad enough now that at one job when I would interview job candidates and take notes on paper, I couldn't read my own handwriting afterwards.
I've wanted to fix this by relearning to write legibly, but my late stage capitalist brain says it's not worth waiting to write things out slowly when I type much faster. Maybe I need to set a goal; that worked to get me reading more this past year.
Nov 12, 2026, 6:09 PM@giflian this reply might help :)
https://mstdn.games/@britt/117604707736747749
I’m also a lefty. I’ve learned to embrace the handwriting chaos as a uniquely fun part of my quirky character.
As for paper… Midori is wonderful if you want high gsm paper in a larger lay flat notebook. I also really like Tomoe River paper, it’s thin and ink looks amazing on it.
Edit to answer 2nd post: I do either or and my regular handwriting is a mix of print and cursive because I’m chaotic like that.
Edited again because I forgot to add that I have a few fountain pens in fine and medium nibs. Some Lamy Safari and AL-Star, some Pilot Prera and some Pilot Kakuno. I’d recommend the Kakuno to start, even as a lefty!
@britt oh, I have a huge fountain pen collection for someone who forgets to write. Tech nerds I knew were super into it in the 2010s. (At a conference if you said "fountain pen" too loudly dudes would suddenly appear displaying their fancy leather pen case with their 8 favourite pens. And possibly open up an expensive notebook and hand you a pen, saying that you must try it out. Wanting to draw a cock and balls but not meaning to be crude, I would write "penis penis penis" in cursive and hand it back to them. Served them right.)
Started with the Lamys but my preference is the Kaweco Sport. Prefer lighter weight (and shorter) pens, easier on my hands.
My mom wrote in a cursive and print mix, which I read well enough but this led to errors when she filled out forms (Gu looked like Gri). She was a lefty who was forced to switch hands because it was the 1940s.
@britt Not that this matters to your life, but I have decided I’m going to relearn to write legibly again. Probably cursive, we’ll see. I just need to figure out how to do this…
Nov 12, 2026, 7:26 PM@giflian have fun!! :) I imagine there are tons of practice books out there and videos to help.
@britt same, it's so good for me. Unfortunately, like everything good for me, I forget and revert back to all things digital, which are Bad For Me 😭 same with mastodon and meta apps.
@britt It reminds me that I need to work on fixing my chicken scratch
Nov 12, 2026, 10:11 PM@Catwoman69y2k nahhhhh!! Own it :)
@britt I never knew journaling solo RPGs were a thing before you posted about it. I must endeavour to learn more about this genre...