On Writing & Notebooks
I love that handwriting is making a comeback, but it's often accompanied by a form of gatekeeping: the pressure to use expensive pens and notebooks to create something worthwhile.
This mindset is not only costly; it creates a mental block. The burden of perfect tools demands perfect writing, which leads to a common outcome: stacks of beautiful, half-empty notebooks filled with unfinished ideas.
My advice is to reject that pressure. For the price of one premium notebook, you can buy a whole stack of cheap composition books and inexpensive pens, ready for any idea—big or small—without the anxiety of perfection.