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		vouaobrasil 6 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Building a Knowledge System That Enhances Rather T... I used to write a lot and one thing that helped was switch to a mechanical pencil and use 2B lead. It's very soft and requires very little pressure, even compared to pens.

wizzard0 6 months ago [–]

I had tried a ton of options, and settled on ceramic ball pens.

They're both the softest and most robust on different kinds of paper in case you don't have your preferred notebook/whatever handy

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