Last time I upgraded my phone, I looked at getting a Samsung Note: I've wanted pen input on a phone for so long. Then I considered the extra weight and bulk, and the poor condition of the second hand one I was looking at, and decided I can just just use pen and paper.

I like to be able to scribble things on paper, though my handwriting is terrible. For anything to last long for me, I want it digital, but random thoughts, calculations and stuff, I like paper and pen.

But have you considered the true reliability of paper? Really, even a tablet is a computer that can run out of battery, bug out, etc.

Paper not only has that, but it is also an art form in itself! Writing on a tablet, which can zoom in and out is for me much more awkward compared to the set dimensions of paper and the size of a nib. It also is something that has no feel to it, it's glass.

No scratch, no feedback and most importantly no feel. Have you ever held high quality pull and pulp paper? In Polish it's called "Papier czeprany" and I have. It's like nothing else. Standard copy paper be damned, that thing is a joy to hold, write on and read off of.

Also, paper is different if you have different light. It really makes all the difference for me, and I love sitting under a warm light from a lamp and either writing with a pen or typing it out on a typewriter. Having light blasted onto my face by a screen annoys and tires me out a lot of the time.

It's not just the practicality that can win out, even though paper does also win for me on that front, it has a charm to it if approached in a way different than just absolute practicality.