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Using Apple Notes as a Habit Tracker & Journal Instead of a Field Notebook
Alongside the perfect device for it, the iPad mini
Recently I have been watching a lot of content on the idea of using a pocket notebook. There is a huge wave of people that are moving away from digital and heading back to trusty old notebooks. I thought maybe I could be one of those people too…
I watched a few YouTube videos that were inspiring, then I watched a few more. Now I get fed a lot of content on note-taking in a physical notebook thanks to YouTube’s algorithm. It is a huge scene in itself, I had no idea. Productivity gurus selling journals, systems and accessories to pair with their notebooks.
The rabbit hole is long and detailed. At the highest level of pocket journal maxing (a weird new term) we are starting to see grown men begin to scrapbook, and it’s totally a vibe. I actually think it’s really cool. The problem is, it’s just not for me.
The more I went down the rabbit hole the more overwhelmed I became by the concept. One video I watched was a guy explaining how he set up every new field notebook. He went through every page and put a number in the corner, created an index and put a bunch of sticky-note to-dos at the end of the book. He said that he was filling up a book within a week, sometimes even less than a week.
I just bought a few field notebooks to see if it’s the right thing for me. I spent $26 AUD on three of them. At one…
