Spain, where I’m on leave, had a blackout this week. No screens. No Wi-Fi. So I grabbed a pen.
Turns out, ideas don’t live in notifications, they live in notebooks.
✍️ Full post: https://catherineeunicedevries.substack.com/p/why-ideas-need-ink-not-screens
Short thread on ink, attention, & art of slow thinking 🧠📝
Turns out, ideas don’t live in notifications, they live in notebooks.
✍️ Full post: https://catherineeunicedevries.substack.com/p/why-ideas-need-ink-not-screens
Short thread on ink, attention, & art of slow thinking 🧠📝
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But thinking, deep thinking, isn’t a download. It’s a slow burn.
It needs space, friction & deliberation.
That’s why I still carve out first ideas by hand in my little black notebook.
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As @sethkjolly.bsky.social helped me understand, a little black book of ideas is a treasure.
It helps us figure out what we think.
Knowing which ideas to pursue & which to leave behind, is an under-appreciated skill in writing.
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• Walk away from the screen
• Write like no one’s watching
• Let confusion sit a while
• Don’t rush to share, marinate
Genius ideas rarely arrives on a Google Doc.
Above all, get yourself a little paper notebook!
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When we stop curating & start sketching.
So next time, grab a pen. Francis Bacon, pioneer of the scientific method already showed us the way.
Bacon believed writing even half-formed ideas builds the scaffolding for deeper insight.
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📝 Why Ideas Need Ink, Not Screens
👉 https://catherineeunicedevries.substack.com/p/why-ideas-need-ink-not-screens
Thanks for reading & remember: harnessing ideas might not require typing, at least at first.
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