A big +1 for legal pads. They lay flat, the margins are useful for notes after the fact, and you can find them in dot grid or lined with good quality paper for quite cheap. I absolutely understand the "I don't want to ruin it" anxiety the author speaks of but I've not yet had that problem with my notebooks. Instead, I have it with my laptops haha.
I use cheap notebooks
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#122I use a spiral ringed 3x5 mini notebook for most stuff. If it needs an entire notebook page I use my phone.
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#123Earlier quoted context omitted.
What laptops are you using that are only $100?
My mother often breaks computers, due to how and where she usually uses them (in the kitchen while cooking etc.) I bought her a t420, which cost less than $100. All I did was swap in an SSD. But here’s the thing, I bought two t420s, and when one breaks I cannibalize the other for parts, or just swap the SSD into the old machine. I make sure to always have a spare machine, which is not hard because after you cannibali…
I've noticed a U shaped price curve for some kinds of recycled computer. Here in the UK, Thinkpad X220/230 are currently in the minimum. As you have noted earlier Thinkpads are beginning to climb I imagine as they get recycled and there are less around.
(Way off topic for this thread so apologies)
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#124It took me a while to get over the fear of destroying/using up nice things. Like enjoying a nice bottle of liquor, or using up a very nice notebook. Eventually I came across the idea that things are meant to be used, and now I'm much more relaxed about damaging/using up the things I own. I read once a stellar idea to help get over the fear of starting to draw in a notebook (or an art project, or a new software projec…
I think some products are better designed to wear gracefully than others. The old iPods with the reflective back are a good example. Those things looked nice for about 5 minutes unless you immediately put them in a case.
Conversely, newer Apple products seem to wear out very gracefully. A 4 or 5 year old iPhone may look used, but it doesn't look horrifyingly ugly unless the owner seriously abused it.
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#125It took me a while to get over the fear of destroying/using up nice things. Like enjoying a nice bottle of liquor, or using up a very nice notebook. Eventually I came across the idea that things are meant to be used, and now I'm much more relaxed about damaging/using up the things I own. I read once a stellar idea to help get over the fear of starting to draw in a notebook (or an art project, or a new software projec…
Spent a lot of my childhood getting stickers from the book ordering program, putting the sheets of them in a box, and never doing anything with them again.
Most of them were ruined during my adulthood when my basement flooded.
Now when I get a sticker, I throw it on something even if it's not the perfect destination for that sticker.
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#126It took me a while to get over the fear of destroying/using up nice things. Like enjoying a nice bottle of liquor, or using up a very nice notebook. Eventually I came across the idea that things are meant to be used, and now I'm much more relaxed about damaging/using up the things I own. I read once a stellar idea to help get over the fear of starting to draw in a notebook (or an art project, or a new software projec…
I could never ever be able to own a new car, I always buy 5+ years for this reason.
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#127I took it a step further by starting on sheets of paper, second draft goes into a notebook, then the three draft gets typed on the computer. This really helped me not be afraid to write crap since I will toss the paper if it is bad. And the iterative draft process really forces me to pick out what ideas are best.
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#128I used to have a similar hangup, I liked getting expensive notebooks and very rarely used them because I was worried I was “wasting” the page by writing banal stuff on it. I ended up fixing it by complete accident. I ran across yet another nice notebook* and to save on shipping I bought three of them. Later on I happened to be in an office supplies shop with a friend and she saw some pens on the shelf that she rememb…
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#129It took me a while to get over the fear of destroying/using up nice things. Like enjoying a nice bottle of liquor, or using up a very nice notebook. Eventually I came across the idea that things are meant to be used, and now I'm much more relaxed about damaging/using up the things I own. I read once a stellar idea to help get over the fear of starting to draw in a notebook (or an art project, or a new software projec…
I could never ever be able to own a new car, I always buy 5+ years for this reason.
I'm really bad at spotting decent used cars. It has always bitten me. I overpay once for a new car and then drive it into the ground. Never had a new car last me less than 10yrs.
Re: I use cheap notebooks
#130It took me a while to get over the fear of destroying/using up nice things. Like enjoying a nice bottle of liquor, or using up a very nice notebook. Eventually I came across the idea that things are meant to be used, and now I'm much more relaxed about damaging/using up the things I own. I read once a stellar idea to help get over the fear of starting to draw in a notebook (or an art project, or a new software projec…
I learned this lesson the hard way. I bought a new car after college graduation. Ordered it from the factory, got exactly what I wanted, picked it up with 5 miles on the odometer. I waged that car 4 times in three days.
On the 4th day, my mother backed out of the garage and damaged three panels on the front and side of the car.
After that I realized it was just a car.