introduction

I am a very curious person. So I will try a lot of hobbies that sometimes stick, and sometimes don't. However, it is very common for me to come back to it after a while. I recently stopped interacting (too much) with fandoms through socials and just do it with fan works instead including BlueSky (for fanart) and Tumblr & AO3 (for fanfiction). The only place I get my updates from is Discord but even there, I do not really talk to anybody. I prefer to keep my circle small. Also, I take great liberty in blocking individuals who only bring crap in my space. For years, I treated fandom spaces as a hobby but the environment is just not healthy for me mentally, so I decided to look elsewhere.

Being a writer made me fixate on digital note-taking tools. It took me years to realize that the perfect notes app does not exist. The only way for it to be perfect is when it satisfies all my writing needs. Through that rabbit hole, I discovered Bear and Obsidian. These two apps are the main driver to my digital system. Everything that is impractical to write by hand is on these two. I also use Ellipsus—an alternative to Google Docs—for final long-form and document writing. At this point, I am fairly content with these three and not looking for any alternative. And with these three, I fight my way through my years-long creative block.

As for my niche interests, I have always been into stationery as a kid. I also prefer physical books than ebooks. However, once my shelf filled up, I had to settle with ebooks. I currently own a Kobo Clara Colour which I love so much. Then there are my journals, I only went back to writing-by-hand again last 2024 after pulling out from Notion. And that led me to discover fountain pens and different types of paper. Most of my hobbies are mostly related to either writing or reading, but so much of it I only store inside my hobby cabinet. So, I will only include the ones that I am really doing regularly.