Whenever I get a good idea for something to write about, I do one of two things. 1) Let it ruminate in my consciousness until I sit down at my computer and can let the words flow. 2) Write it down somehow, be it by writing on a post-it note, saving a little “note” on my phone, or texting myself an email. This little system of mine has proven effective probably about 50% of the time. And that’s my current average, which means that in the past, all sorts of great things have occurred to me at one point or another, only to get lost in the depths of great thoughts that will never be thought again.
Tuesday may well be a huge mark of change, however. I’ve long thought about getting a little notepad of some kind to jot things down, and for the last two weeks I’ve told Robert I wanted to get one every single time we left the house. Only by the time we got to any place that potentially sold such notepads, I’d totally space the fact that I wanted to buy one.
We went to the mall on Tuesday for a chance to escape for a bit and walk around. While there, we visited one of the evil giant corporate bookstores, Barnes & Noble, and lo and behold, I struck gold. Gold in the form of an old-style leather notebook that can fit in my pocket and even has lined paper.
I’ve currently got two notes jotted down:
Tuesday 6/24/08
I just bought this beauty of a notepad.
Wednesday 6/25/08
I just forged the Tuesday entry above. For no reason other than because I could.
I can’t wait to see what sort of journey my new notebook and I take. I’ve never kept anything like it before, but I think I’m off to a pretty good start.
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I’m drooling over your new purchase. Is it OK to have dozens of notepads? I do! I love to write down my thoughts and then save them for posting later. It’s such good therapy.
If I could just draw, I’d be the happiest person on Earth.
Cool cool. I’m going to try to keep the number of notepads I own to a minimum, but only because I don’t want it to end up like all the receipts I used to keep with little notes written on the back. That was just out of control.
I love notepads! I must have roughly 5 of them and post-its everywhere. They are like candy to me. I’m sure the notepad e you bought is awesome.
If you ever want something smaller, Moleskine (also at B&N) makes these little skinny lined notebooks that fit anywhere. I keep one with me most of the time. The original intent was similar to yours - to keep thoughts - but it’s morphed into a keeper of shopping lists and phone numbers. I love it none the less.