The other day I went shopping with one of my best friends, and I bought a paper planner. She asked why, since she knows I live and die by my iPhone and its calendar. Here's what I came up with.
I adore books. Maybe I am fond of them because I grew up surrounded by books and working in libraries, but I am completely fascinated by them. I see endless potential within the pages of a book. When I buy a new blank book, whether it's a journal or a planner, my imagination runs wild.
Blogs are limited. Text, images, audio, and video in are always in fixed patterns and lined up within code. We can only be creative within the limits of what we can code or what we can upload. On paper, you can go as far as you want to without having anything to stop you.
Journals can be closed and hidden away. My journal is only for me, and the very select few I choose to share it with. Its something I can look back at and see where I was, and look forward and see where I am going. I never have to worry about it being posted on Facebook or being searched by Google. It's fit for human consumption only.
I look at an empty text box and I see work. I look at a blank page, and I see potential.
Books are the original Anti-Social Media. Buy them. Write them. Love them. Share them or hide them. I dare you to find a media format more perfect.