Post by noodleskooze on Aug 6, 2012 15:24:21 GMT -5
Do you prefer to mark it in pencil or in pen?
I usually use pencil so I can change things, but it "carbons" onto the other pages because I write so hard. I'm afraid that if I use pen, I'll mess up; I hate using white-out.
Pen. I'm left-handed and hate using pencil because of the mark I get from writing.
I'd use a pen in math class from junior high to college. I *hate* pencils. I always had a itchy reaction after writing with pencil all day in elementary.
But when it comes to my planner, I use a lot of post it notes for things that I know may change. That way I don't worry about having to scribble something out.
Pen. My life is not as exciting that things change very much after appointments and deadlines are confirmed. My work deadlines are generally set six months in advance and if I need to negotiate being late, I still wouldn't erase what the original deadline was.
I like to use my planner to record things that have already happened, as well- meals I cooked, places I went with DD, movies I saw or books I read, etc.
When I was actually using my planner as a planner to really schedule my day, I used a mechanical pencil and was meticulously neat. I now use it more as a daily diary to record stuff that happens at work and occasionally throw meetings onto there (outlook really runs my life, I miss the days when I could run it all on paper) and use a pen because that's all I'm allowed to use for everything else in my work life.
I am not a paper planner user anymore (though for a very long time my Filofax went everywhere with me!!!), but am I the only one who is grossed out by pencil? It might be because I'm backhanded and get pencil all over my hand and smudge the whole thing.
So team pens, even when against better judgment.
Nope. I'm with ya there.
Although, I've never heard it called "backhanded" before. I'm a left-hander and proud!! ;D
I write with my right hand, but like a lefty. So I'm just backhanded
I can't even picture how this works. But I write weird too--the last knuckle of my index finger is bent back in a way that other people think is bizarre.
Although, I've never heard it called "backhanded" before. I'm a left-hander and proud!! ;D
I write with my right hand, but like a lefty. So I'm just backhanded
I was apparently switched when I was young, which explains how atrocious my handwriting is (and why I can't play sports to save my life with my right hand)
Ooh, I gotcha. I supposedly hold my writing utensil the "wrong" way for a left-hander. I don't get it. So I guess I'm back-left-handed. LOL.
Luckily, I can play sports with both hands but much prefer my left.
They stopped making my very favorite papermate pen type, so now I just struggle through life with whatever pen I can find that is "inky" enough for me.
I can't even picture how this works. But I write weird too--the last knuckle of my index finger is bent back in a way that other people think is bizarre.
My paper needs to be sideways because I write from down to up rather than left to right. Also, I rest my pen on my ring finger which people tell me is weird.
Picture (ignore ratty bandage pls). My arm is parallel to my desk, and my writing is perpendicular.
I guess I write weird because this is exactly how I write. Everyone always thought that it was strange I rested my pen on my ring finger too.
My paper needs to be sideways because I write from down to up rather than left to right. Also, I rest my pen on my ring finger which people tell me is weird.
Picture (ignore ratty bandage pls). My arm is parallel to my desk, and my writing is perpendicular.
I guess I write weird because this is exactly how I write. Everyone always thought that it was strange I rested my pen on my ring finger too.
Me too. Good to know I'm not the only weirdo out there.
Post by wanderlustfoodie on Aug 6, 2012 20:30:11 GMT -5
I use both Google calendar and Outlook calendar for personal and business appointments, respectively, but I still have a personal planner for posterity and use pencil only.