{"id":135214,"date":"2021-04-13T11:04:03","date_gmt":"2021-04-13T16:04:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/?p=135214"},"modified":"2021-09-25T15:46:11","modified_gmt":"2021-09-25T20:46:11","slug":"benefits-writing-by-hand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/character\/behavior\/benefits-writing-by-hand\/","title":{"rendered":"The Power of Writing by Hand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-135220\" src=\"https:\/\/content.artofmanliness.com\/uploads\/2021\/04\/hand-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/content.artofmanliness.com\/uploads\/2021\/04\/hand-1.jpg 650w, https:\/\/content.artofmanliness.com\/uploads\/2021\/04\/hand-1-372x230.jpg 372w, https:\/\/content.artofmanliness.com\/uploads\/2021\/04\/hand-1-320x197.jpg 320w, https:\/\/content.artofmanliness.com\/uploads\/2021\/04\/hand-1-640x394.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In spite of the countless note-taking and to-do list apps and software I\u2019ve experimented with over the years, I always come back to writing things down on paper. Though I still use the apps for checklists and for master lists of things, my day-to-day note-taking and prioritizing happens on pen and paper (or dry erase marker and whiteboard).&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While there have been plenty of studies in recent decades that aim to explain the durable allure of \u201cmanual\u201d writing, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/3982285\/bic-writing-hand-benefits\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">if you look at the research closer<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a lot of the benefits attributed to it aren\u2019t exclusive to that kind of writing, nor have they always been replicated in subsequent studies.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But I don\u2019t need scientific verification to affirm what I have discovered intuitively though my own firsthand, n=1 experiments. Below I outline a bunch of benefits to writing things down by hand that I\u2019ve observed through simple field-testing; try taking up a pen (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/articles\/a-beginners-guide-to-the-underappreciated-pencil\/\">or pencil<\/a>) more often yourself, and you may find similar advantages, or others entirely your own.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Boosts your memory through encoding.<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If there <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> one scientifically-proven and replicable benefit of manual writing, it\u2019s this: when you write something by hand you can improve your memory, and therefore your ability to recall information, through the process of encoding.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are a number of factors at play here, but the gist is that writing manually uses far more brain processing systems than typing. You\u2019re physically coordinating your brain and hand in a deeper way; you\u2019re forced to organize information more concisely (more on that below); you have to actually think a little harder to write something with your hand versus on a keyboard or screen. All of this leads to the information coming out of your writing utensil being encoded on a deeper level into your memory. When you type, it\u2019s almost like the information is simply using your body as a conduit for being transferred onto a screen; when you write, the information is actually being stored and processed for later use and recall.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Forces you to think and filter.<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When you write something down by hand, you\u2019re taking advantage of the benefits of constraints. By limiting yourself both in physical space (you can only get so much on a page) and physical ability (you can only write so quickly), you\u2019re forcing yourself to decide what\u2019s most important. If you\u2019re taking notes or writing out to-dos on a screen, there\u2019s literally endless space to do so; it\u2019s actually pretty easy to mindlessly type out highlights from a lecture or make a list of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">every single thing<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that you\u2019re thinking about in the moment. You\u2019ll type out a forest and have no sense of the trees.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">No matter your canvas when writing by hand, you\u2019ve got boundaries. You have to pay more attention, think it all through a little more carefully, decide which items to cut and which to keep. Think of the page as being a built-in filter for the stuff floating around in your consciousness.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Creates a visual reminder that keeps things top of mind.<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While list-making and note-taking apps are handy, once the screen is turned off or put into your pocket, those ideas go away. Out of sight, out of mind \u2014 truly. For example, while <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/articles\/todoist-productivity-tips\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I still use Todoist every day<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, it inevitably gets lost among the dozen tabs I have open on my computer, and I sure don\u2019t think of it when I\u2019m on my phone because I\u2019m using a handful of other apps all the time. There\u2019s too much digital clutter for it to be top of mind when it seems like I really need it, which is when I\u2019m distracted \u2014&nbsp;it\u2019s kind of a catch-22.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In contrast, I can keep something that I&#8217;ve written down \u2014 whether it\u2019s a list of tasks or an inspiring phrase \u2014 constantly in front of my eyes. I don\u2019t have to remember to remember it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I recently bought a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/fluidstance.com\/products\/slope\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">FluidStance desktop whiteboard<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and have really benefited from it. When I write down a research plan for an article or my top few priorities for the day \u2014 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/career-wealth\/career\/work-deliberately-instead-reactively-rule-3\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rule of 3 for the win!<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2014&nbsp;I don\u2019t have to spend mental energy on remembering those things. I know that they\u2019re recorded and will continually be in my peripheral vision for the entire work day. When I get distracted, all I have to do to snap myself back on track is simply glance down and see my written reminders of what needs to be done.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Minimizes distraction.<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Things that are written down by hand are not only readily accessible in the midst of distraction, but won\u2019t put you in touch with other distractions.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Swipe into your phone to take a note in your note-taking app . . . and you\u2019ll find your finger wandering over to the Instagram app. And the Twitter app. Soon enough, even though you finished typing your note ten minutes ago, you\u2019re still twiddling with your phone.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fight it with time limits and app blockers all you want, but the digital distraction dragon cannot be slayed once and for all. I\u2019ve come to accept it. Moving to pen and paper for my daily note-taking and list-making \u2014 again, the checklists and master lists of things still reside in Todoist \u2014 has ensured that I stay more focused throughout the day and get my most valuable tasks taken care of. Writing things down with pen and paper minimizes the need to toggle from screen to screen, app to app, and tab to tab, which presents me with fewer opportunities to get sucked into <a href=\"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/character\/advice\/podcast-450-how-to-make-time-for-what-really-matters-every-day\/\">the internet\u2019s \u201cinfinity pools.\u201d<\/a> I still get distracted, sure, but it takes far less time to get back on track when I\u2019m not relying on my screen to guide my to-dos or my article writing.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Allows for more creative organizing and mental processing.&nbsp;<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of the things I appreciate most about writing things on paper (or whiteboard) is the ability to organize things in a way that goes beyond the line-by-line format offered by most note-taking and to-do list apps. I can draw boxes around important items, I can make arrows between connected ideas, I can set lists in columns and even draw pictures if needed. Some apps allow for that sort of freeform writing, but they\u2019re invariably clunky.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The mind does not often operate on a clear-cut, step-by-step path. Allow your writing to follow its back and forth, loop-de-loop processes by writing things out manually.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>There\u2019s a unique kinetic energy to it.<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Though certainly not a measurable benefit, there\u2019s a unique, unexplainable power to the idea that words are flowing from your brain, through your arm and hand, and out onto a page. It\u2019s a very physical process that just isn\u2019t the same when it\u2019s words flowing through a keyboard and into the digital ether. The slowness of writing forces deeper contemplation; the way your hand muscles get just a little bit tired (surely because we simply don\u2019t use those muscles much anymore!) is physical evidence that you\u2019re doing <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">work<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">; the visual and tangible proof of ideas come to life is far more inspiring than seeing it on a Word Doc.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There\u2019s a reason that some of our greatest modern writers \u2014 J.K. Rowling, Neil Gaiman, Stephen King, Joyce Carol Oates, the list goes on \u2014&nbsp;still prefer longhand to a digital manuscript (for first drafts, at least). It\u2019s ineffably simple: There\u2019s more magic, and power, to be found on the page than on the screen.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In spite of the countless note-taking and to-do list apps and software I\u2019ve experimented with over the years, I always come back to writing things down on paper. 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