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karynnj

(60,973 posts)
30. Also old, but I use them, as you do, for things I might want to change
Sun Dec 21, 2025, 12:38 PM
Dec 2025

Like you, I use them on a paper calendar that I regularly compare to a goggle calendar. I also create a dinner menu/grocery list before shopping each week. Doing it in pencil, I include anything I am not sure is in the pantry. When complete I check anything marked as unsure if I have it.

Also, there are times I try to figure things out using mathematical/logical skills from my past. Pencil is ALWAYS better for that.

Most lists of things I want to accomplish are in pencil so they can be revised

For complicated, many dish meals, I always use pencil to create a "plan". The plan is written for everything to be ready at T. Each recipe is essentially broken down to prep that can be done earlier, main cooking, and finishing. Main cooking includes when relative to T something should start cooking, where (oven, stovetop, air fryer, instapot), temperature. Finishing is just to have a convenient list of last minute garnishes etc. Doing this in ink would be a mess as I often make changes to make things work better.

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If my True Dough Dec 2025 #1
Drawing, marking musical scores. Ocelot II Dec 2025 #2
That hasn't been updated with computer technology? CTyankee Dec 2025 #5
Yes, you can use an iPad and a stylus, but I'm old-fashioned. Ocelot II Dec 2025 #13
I've never seen iPads on stands at the symphony, but Ilsa Dec 2025 #39
It's fairly common in choirs, and I've also seen it in small instrumental ensembles. Ocelot II Dec 2025 #40
I bet it's wonderfully convenient. Of course, I'd be scared Ilsa Dec 2025 #46
Yes Thunderbeast Dec 2025 #50
manual impact device. AllaN01Bear Dec 2025 #22
I have a pencil attached at to my trombone for making notes on music. TomSlick Dec 2025 #48
Calendar, crosswords, & artwork SheltieLover Dec 2025 #3
Pencil for crosswords? BOSSHOG Dec 2025 #6
Sometimes SheltieLover Dec 2025 #15
Ah yes, the pencil for the NYT Sunday puzzle! My sense of worth depends on me finishing that puzzle, which I never do CTyankee Dec 2025 #8
Crossing off completed rows in knitting patterns. likesmountains 52 Dec 2025 #4
Be ever frugal bucolic_frolic Dec 2025 #7
Doyou have a pencil sharpener? The old kind with a little handle for your real desk top which is now a computer desk for CTyankee Dec 2025 #12
Yes, I have a hand crank grinder 1960s model, state of the art bucolic_frolic Dec 2025 #14
Boston Self-Feeder 4 bucolic_frolic Dec 2025 #21
I use pencils and a hand-crank Boston sharpener democrank Dec 2025 #24
I need a pencil sharpener and can't PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 2025 #37
They have them on Amazon. Haggard Celine Dec 2025 #52
I looked on Amazon and was horrified at how PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 2025 #68
Oh, yes, the booklet calendar! I have one which is the 8/2 X 11". It is a spiral notebook. CTyankee Dec 2025 #17
Yes, I still do for artwork, and especially color pencils. Thank you CTYankee and have a great day. debm55 Dec 2025 #9
4 and 5 star sudoku. I'm not that good Raven123 Dec 2025 #10
drawing, mostly surrealAmerican Dec 2025 #11
Yes, almost daily WestMichRad Dec 2025 #16
This message was self-deleted by its author CTyankee Dec 2025 #18
Making lumber for cutting, you know, 15 and 5/16s, take the line. dem4decades Dec 2025 #19
Yes because I make mistakes or change my mind PJMcK Dec 2025 #20
My older Rebl2 Dec 2025 #23
Here's a pencil joke for you: True Dough Dec 2025 #25
OMG, that's funny! Whatta sense of humor he has! CTyankee Dec 2025 #42
I use them for drawing. Mr. Diamond uses them for crossword puzzles. Diamond_Dog Dec 2025 #26
yes...always carry a few... ret5hd Dec 2025 #27
Every day. Mechanical pencils on cryptograms & drawing pencils for sketching. -nt CrispyQ Dec 2025 #28
Carpentry! Bobstandard Dec 2025 #29
We still use them for that too, Bayard Dec 2025 #57
Also old, but I use them, as you do, for things I might want to change karynnj Dec 2025 #30
I like the logic of your creating a plan. It's "if this, then that" kind of thinking which I find helpful. After all, CTyankee Dec 2025 #43
Yes Sequoia Dec 2025 #31
oh yes markie Dec 2025 #32
Carpenters pencils, yes. RockRaven Dec 2025 #33
A world without pencils? I can't imagine!😁 I use them on my calendar, doing puzzles, KitFox Dec 2025 #34
Sketching. GPV Dec 2025 #35
Sewing..marking up patterns. BlueWaveNeverEnd Dec 2025 #36
Yes, I use pencils mostly for woodworking projects. HappyH Dec 2025 #38
Sketchng bif Dec 2025 #41
BlackWing pencils Maninacan Dec 2025 #44
I am a public librarian. intheflow Dec 2025 #45
I use pencils everyday. I still write checks and doc03 Dec 2025 #47
I didn't know you could write a check with a pencil! I always thought you had to use a pen. CTyankee Dec 2025 #58
No I record my checks in the check book because I make mistakes, don't use a pencil on checks. doc03 Dec 2025 #66
In a compass or other scribing tool... LuckyCharms Dec 2025 #49
Yes, bamagal62 Dec 2025 #51
Yes ! ShepKat Dec 2025 #53
Winding cassette tapes. NT mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2025 #54
for drawing. nt Trueblue Texan Dec 2025 #55
I use a mechanical pencil for everything. Phoenix61 Dec 2025 #56
Keeping score at a baseball game Rastapopoulos Dec 2025 #59
I use them for my wood cutting projects. Emile Dec 2025 #60
Mechanical pencils every day. I'm a list maker: grocery lists, to-do lists, menus, Christmas gift lists, chia Dec 2025 #61
I have one that I got at the county fair this summer. Xavier Breath Dec 2025 #62
I use them but not as often as I used to LogDog75 Dec 2025 #63
Yes...I grab whatever is nearby when I write a list... Tikki Dec 2025 #64
I find that the backs of envelopes make wonderful, if disorganized, note paper. CTyankee Dec 2025 #65
Notes on Randomthought Dec 2025 #67
Always. OldBaldy1701E Dec 2025 #69
Sort Of ProfessorGAC Dec 2025 #70
Sometimes for a reminder, a list, but Mostly for Drawing... electric_blue68 Dec 2025 #71
I bite the wood! It helps calm me. All my wood pencils are branded with Ziggysmom Dec 2025 #72
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