Talked to my neighbor about his handwritten recipe box last Sunday

My neighbor Bob showed me his recipe box last Sunday, all handwritten on index cards from 30 years ago. He said the act of writing each one down helped him remember the tweaks he made, which no app could replicate. Has anyone else found that writing things by hand changes how you keep track of your projects?

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mila_campbell2518d ago

Bob's exactly right about that. My grandmother had a binder full of handwritten recipes and she said the same thing about remembering what she changed. Writing something down by hand just sticks in your brain in a way typing never does.

dixon.iris18d ago

Wait, is that really true for everyone though? @mila_campbell25 I feel like typing is way more efficient for keeping track of changes over time. You can just hit control+z or scroll back through a doc history to see what you tweaked last week. With handwriting, you gotta flip through pages and hope your notes from three months ago are even readable. Plus, typing lets you search for stuff instantly, which is huge when you have hundreds of recipes saved. Handwritten binders are cool for nostalgia, but digital is way better for actually getting things done.

craig.john17d ago

yeah honestly i feel you on this. there's something about physically writing stuff down that makes it stick in a way digital just can't match. i dunno what it is but it's real.