https://lemmy.world/c/pen_and_paper
This community is all about using pen and paper as a deliberate choice — because handwriting helps memory, deepens learning, sharpens focus, and unlocks creativity in ways screens often can’t. Whether you’re sketching ideas, drafting a to‑do list, or mapping out a semester, the physical act of writing slows things down just enough for the thoughts to really land.
All notebook and calendar types are welcome here: plain bound notebooks, bullet journals, Filofax systems, ring‑ and disc‑bound setups, sticky notes, legal pads, or whatever you throw together.
Privacy matters. With paper you keep control as your notes aren’t tracked, used to train algorithms or so. That sense of ownership makes paper a safe place for brainstorming, personal plans, and messy drafts that you don’t want floating in the cloud.
This is a place to share practical tips, clever layouts, before‑and‑after spreads, and what you’ve learned about staying organized (or unorganized) offline. Post pictures, ask for feedback, swap templates, or just brag about a perfect page.
Come as you are: Neat planner nerds, scrapbookers, list lovers, or anyone curious about slowing down. Bring your spreads, hacks, inserts, index systems, and the little rituals that make your setup work.
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I keep.getting an error when logged i to Piefed.social and rying to sunscribe but it works with my Lemmy instance
Oh, I’m sorry about that. I truly have no clue why that is, I don’t think it has to do with the community tho. Is it the same with other communities on this instance as well?
Swapped back to poefed and this time it worked… i have.no idea.why…
This is going to get some confused posts from pen&paper rpg nerds 😆. My first thought was it’s about rpgs.
Oh no! I do roleplay DnD, how didn’t I think of that!?
oh well, it can absolutely be included if you want to show of your notes!
Seems very close to !journaling@sh.itjust.works by @libb@piefed.social
Im glad both communities now exist. Theres more to pen and paper than journalling. Looking forward to nerding out over leuchtturms and lammy safaris
(edit: also one of the top posts in Journalling is about journaling apps. So not exclusively for pen and paper)
It’s more than with the current userbase, it can be challenging to have two communities on the same niche topic.
You regularly see community consolidations such as https://lemmy.world/post/39671889 , where the agreement was to go from a specific games to the general genre community (city builders)
Oh you’re right! I didn’t know that exists!
Thx :) The community focus on journaling, but there are so many more things to talk about. I’m quite happy to see a new community dedicated to pen and paper, even more that I’m still unable to spend time on that poor journaling community and probably won’t be until at least February or even March.
