>I can't easily rearrange pages, rearrange my notes on the page
okay. so don't do those things.
for me, that's what "calm tech" is all about - it's not just notifications and distractions, it's all the desire for more features, and for software to solve all problems. sometimes we can just not have features, and keep some problems, instead of trading our problems for the problems that more features bring.
You’re better at writing than I am then! I make mistakes all the time, so being able to move my words around on the page is super useful.
This to me is calm tech, because that’s all it does: note taking. If your definition is such that only pen and paper meets it, that’s not a very useful definition for tech IMO