The Pocket Notebook Saved My Mind ✦

I started using a pocket notebook to spend less time on my phone. Along the way, it became one of the most important things I carry. This video will be the beginning of a series on how I slowly replaced parts of my smartphone and found my way back to a more analogue way of living, in an increasingly digital world. ✧ ------------------------------- ✧ Items Shown/Mentioned ✧ MeePlus Mini Reporter Pad in Pueblo Tobacco Paper Republic Voyager Pocket in Olive Field Notes Moleskine Pocket Moleskine Cahier A7 Kleid Ring Memo Present & Correct Stringer's Notebook Passport Traveler's Notebook in Camel Plotter Bible in Pueblo Black ------------------------------- ✧ Books Mentioned ✧ Stolen Focus by Johann Hari The Shallows by Nicholas Carr Digital Minimalism by Cal Newport Underland by Robert Macfarlane ✧ Films Shown/Mentioned ✧ Back to the Future (1985) All the President's Men (1976) ✧ Series Shown/Mentioned ✧ Columbo (1968) ------------------------------- ✧ Articles Referenced ✧ Penguin | The stories behind the notebooks that documented Rob MacFarlane’s travels underground // https://www.penguin.co.uk/discover/ar... Monster Children | Radiohead: The Album Covers // https://www.monsterchildren.com/artic... ------------------------------- ✧ Chapter Timestamps ✧ 00:00 Intro 01:38 The Smartphone Problem 04:40 The Research & Foundation 08:07 Stolen Focus 09:50 The Shallows 10:45 Digital Minimalism 12:13 Aiming for the Long Term 13:57 Phasing Out the Smartphone 16:08 Making the Notebook More Exciting 16:47 Field Notes 18:44 The Notebooks Behind Underland 20:09 The Art of Radiohead Albums 21:29 The Philosophy Behind the Traveler’s Notebook 23:07 The No-Rules Pocket Notebook 29:56 Paper Republic Leather Cover 33:47 Update on My EDC 36:03 The Intrigue of the Reporter Pad 40:16 The MeePlus Mini Reporter Pad 45:11 My Current Pocket Notebook Setup 46:36 Outro ------------------------------- #pocketnotebook #digitalminimalism #journaling #everydaycarry #fieldnotes #stationery #travelersnotebook #paperrepublic #notetaking #slowliving #techokaigi #analoguelife