I found my recovery phrase!!!

I made a post three months ago, which you can still see on my history, about misplacing my recovery phrase & resetting my cold wallet. I turned the whole apartment upside down to find it, but had no luck. After burrowing beyond the sea of scam DMs I received, the well-meaning commenters more or less made clear that my crypto was gone unless I could find my recovery phrase. I really struggled after losing it, and actually ended up in the hospital the next day.

I’m in the process of moving, and tried to save myself some money on cleaning fees by doing a big deep clean myself (mandatory as part of my rental agreement). Lo and behold, I found the phrase in between the sheets of an old textbook. I have absolutely no idea how it ended up there (I never took it out of the case I stored it in), but it doesn’t matter! I found it! I’ve just restored my wallet & everything’s there!!!

I would like to ensure that my dumb ass never ends up in this position again. To those who are wiser and/or more experienced, can you please advise as to the best way of storing/securing my recovery phrases for maximum security? I’m not particularly keen on a password manager or any digital storage.

Thanks in advance. I’m off for a beer!