Me and My Pen

So experts now claim that taking notes with a pen is better than doing so on a laptop where you're likely to be distracted. Probably true, though I wonder how much of that is the old man in me who doesn't like the change? To be honest, I have moved away from typing directly on my laptop too. 
Part of it was how the internet was sneaking into my life. I think I was inoculated in the Army by not using it that much. Once I got out both the internet got better at sucking in one's eyeballs and I got worse at keeping it at bay. 
Tbf, I also learned that James Baldwin used a pen to write out his work. 
And so I've switched (at the same time I switched to short stories as my main bread and butter) and have loved it, even if it means a lot of time spent transferring notes and work. 
Mainly I use a LAMY Safari and a Palomino pencil. I use some mechanical pencils too when it strikes me. But it really has changed my work process and helped to remove the internet from interfering in my work. 
How about you?

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