Graph Paper and the Pocket Notebook

There are few simple pleasures in life greater than a notebook in the pocket, neatly organized, and filled with graph paper awaiting the scratch of a sharp pencil.

In a screen-dominated world, some are rediscovering the satisfaction of note-taking, equation-solving, and picture-drawing with good old pencil and paper. And no style of ruling is as versatile as the simple grid: both horizontal and vertical organization pre-drawn and literally at your fingertips. 

So if you haven't tried pocket notebooks already, and if you are at all interested in making lists, drawing coordinate planes, performing long division, or anything else that would benefit from graph paper, pick up a notebook or make your own, and get to work. 

Simple mathematical tasks can be calming in a stressful and disordered world. Neat list-making and chart-building can give you control and satisfaction during an unsatisfying day. And it's a far more edifying and far less addicting therapy than the screen that beckons you back into its hypnosis.

Clean off your desk and lay out a graph paper notebook today!