In decades of correspondence, the author gave her friend, JoBeth McDaniel, a mix of opinions, advice on writing and insight ...

I found a note-taking setup that skips power-user nonsense and still gets almost every task done quickly daily.

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After I removed the expectation that every note had to serve a larger system, Obsidian stopped feeling so complicated, and ...

I’m a longtime lover of pen and paper, so E Ink tablets have been intriguing to me ever since they started becoming more widely available. After having hundreds of half-filled notebooks over the years ...

While pen and paper can be helpful in a pinch for jotting down the odd observation or a reminder to do something later, if you don’t categorise those notes then it can be tricky to track down a ...

You may have a karaoke song that you love belting out at the top of your lungs, but writer Elizabeth McCracken is definitely not someone who wants to grab the mic and get up on stage. So, Elizabeth, ...

DEAR ABBY: I am a teacher. I love my job, and I love my students. However, as I near the end of my 26th year of teaching, there’s something I need to get off my chest. At the end of every school year, ...

To mark the Thanksgiving holiday in the U.S., we’re sharing one of our favorite tips on gratitude today. Expressing gratitude to your employees can feel awkward or uncomfortable. But celebrating your ...

Editor’s note: After leaving education at 16 to work in factories and as a courier, Zhang Sai’s passion for literature made him an outcast among his peers — so much so that he even hid it from his ...