I have been an outspoken proponent of proper English for a while now, mostly because among computer people, spelling and grammar are usually not a priority. I think that how you write reflects on how you think. For example, I think it's inappropriate to use "texting" or instant message abbreviations in normal writing. These abbreviations, such as "ur" for "your", "ne1" for "anyone", or "2" for "to" are fine in a cell phone message, but I cringe when they're used in email.
I also consider myself a "paper person". Although I spend all day using electronics, I feel much more comfortable with paper lists and paper planners. But, my writing speed on paper is very slow. To improve my writing speed, I started looking into shorthand. I thought there was only one kind of shorthand, but boy was I wrong. At one point in the past, I had tried to learn Gregg shorthand, since it seemed to be one of the more common systems. I never learned it well enough to be fast, so I stopped using it and forgot it all. I found some of my exercise pages with Gregg notes on them years later and I had no idea what they said.
So I was glad to see that some shorthand systems are little more than English with the vowels stripped out. One such system is speedwriting. The benefit to me is that I'm likely to be able to read the notes, even several years from now, because it's so close to longhand. It's not as fast as a system like Gregg, but the learning curve is much lower, and it can be adapted to the kinds of words you use most often. Here's another example of speedwriting abbreviations.
Imagine my chagrin when, listed on the Wikipedia page for speedwriting, "u" is listed as an abbreviation for "you". While trying out some note taking in speedwriting, it felt very natural to substitute "2" for "to" and "4" for "for". My husband and I call these "karmic boomerangs", that is something I have held in great disdain or openly attacked suddenly becomes relevant or applicable to my life. This is one of those times.
I still think learning Gregg or another phonetic shorthand would be cool because it reminds me of hieratic. But I don't want a Rosetta stone to make sense of my own notes, so I'll stick with a form of speedwriting for now. I dnt thnk thrs nethng rng w/tht, do u?