Rubber Ducking in Gregg Shorthand on my reMarkable Paper Pro
So, recently I purchased a reMarkable Paper Pro. About a decade ago, I decided to learn Gregg Shorthand (Simplified). It was a big time investment, and to be totally honest, even though I have become fairly proficient, it tends to be difficult to read my own handwriting; it often takes me a while to decipher old notes where I can't quickly get some idea of the context. But, for notes where you sort of remember the context (like a meeting that you had earlier), it can be very effective since it tends to be fairly easy to read them, and you can take notes quickly and also get some added brain/retention benefits from writing things down.
Anyway, I've been writing Gregg Shorthand on my Remarkable as a way to focus on thought work, and that process seems to be working very well. I have a tendency to get distracted by random stuff that's happening around me when I'm thinking through things, but writing helps me to focus. I know that learning Shorthand probably isn't the most practical thing for most people, but I do feel that the added speed creates a very nice fluidity to the writing and thinking feedback loop when compared with writing longhand. Maybe that concept will spur on some ideas for the rest of y'all.
I'm also kind of relearning the value of deep focus through this approach; I'm finding that solutions to hard problems seem to be "falling into my lap" with this rubber duck process. And, I'm finding that having the tablet nearby also gives me a visual reminder to be intentional about thinking through problems, rather than hacking around things.