Found out my hand cramps were from gripping the pen too tight on rapid logging

I was watching a Ryder Carroll interview last week where he mentioned relaxing your grip and it fixed my hand pain after 4 years of bullet journaling, has anyone else had that issue?

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jade313d ago

My boyfriend actually told me the same thing a few months ago and I thought he was just being annoying. I had been dealing with hand cramps for like 2 years straight and just accepted it as part of the hobby. But one day I tried loosening my grip on purpose and it seriously changed everything. Now I barely have any pain at all unless I'm writing a ton of pages in one sitting. Its wild how something that simple can make such a big difference.

valthomas13d ago

Oh man, I feel this so hard. I still catch myself holding a pen like I'm trying to strangle it, and my hand is just like, "why do you hate me?" It took me ages to figure out that my cramping wasn't some deep, mysterious condition but just me being a death-grip weirdo. Now I'm basically the poster child for "relax your hand, dummy." I still get sore if I'm writing a long session, but at least I'm not hobbling around like I have a claw for a hand afterward.