Writing like we used to pt.1

    Why did we stop writing in cursive? Well, according to Google, technological advancement took away the need to teach young kids writing in cursive. I guess we the more technology there is the lazier we are and I am not gonna say otherwise... It only takes one look to see that.

    I was never taught cursive. I was taught writing of course, but school never tells You what is the best way to hold a pen to not hurt Yourself. I only saw the consequences of that many years later, with a lot of calluses on my fingers from drawing too much as a 7 year old... And now my handwriting is really stiff... What I mean is that I hold the pen like my life would depend on it and my handwriting is not flowy at all.

    Some people have the problem of "I need a perfect pen to write otherwise it's gonna be hell" and I am unfortunately one of them, making me have only one pen that I can decently write with. Pure hell.

    I used to write with cursive for 5 years maybe? At least it was my handwriting, but do not get fooled by that - it was a doctor type of handwriting... Cool looking, but unpractical. Learning from my notes was uncomfortable because of it... But I do not think the cursive might have been a problem, but my stiffness and overall style.

    On Christimas 2020 I got a Parker fountain pen... I was highly uneducated on fountain pens and my Parker was writing either too juicy or stopping all the time, I told myself that I got enough and left the fountain pen, till few days ago.

    Few days ago I cleaned it, by putting the nib in a warm water... It took a lot of water to clean it - it was really dirty after all these years, nevertheless I managed to cleanse it. I had some other difficulties, but ignoring that at the end I managed to make it work. But it was soooo thick..........

    I am using Parker IM, but in the long run I plan on purchasing Pilot Metropolitan. My Parker model is quite "wet" and writes thicker than I want and I read that this is how that one particular model writes...I thought that mine was somehow... Broken? So I wanna switch to Pilot - a little bit cheaper, with M nib as well, keeping in mind that Japanese M nib works like European F.

   

 I also decided that I am gonna learn writing like I am some 6 year old again... It's kind of fun! As a person who needs everything to be in a nice order and aesthetically pleasing, my handwriting was one of my nightmares to look at... It was not that bad, but I really wanted it to be satisfactory to my eyes. Let's see if I can change it, is it too late?

    In the next part I am gonna focus on my opinions on old cursive writing, fountain pens etc...

Sincerely and entirely Yours,

Vin.