I personally don't like paper much because I write terribly, so either it takes a lot of time, or I can't read half of it. This makes writing either frustrating or useless.
That’s a legitimate issue. Handwriting makes my hand cramp up quickly, and has since elementary school. The moment I was allowed to stop writing and start typing, I leapt at the chance. Turns out I enjoy stringing words together when it’s not physically painful.
My experimentation with fountain pens helped a lot. You have to use a much lighter touch; if you mash a fountain pen against the paper the same way you would a crappy ballpoint, it’d make a huge mess and probably rip through the paper. Being forced to dial the pressure waaaayyyy back, and in the case of the Lamy Safari to hold the pen with a “proper” grip, make writing dramatically more comfortable. But know what’s many times more comfortable than that? Almost any keyboard that’s not completely awful. I’m writing this with an Apple Smart Keyboard Folio, which isn’t even in the same league as my main desktop keyboard, but is still vastly better than any pen I’ve ever used.
