A change

So, after some considerable thought I decided to start trying to carry a notebook.
Tom, if you’re reading this, get up off the floor.

Seriously, or as much as I get, the notebook has come from a need to remember things and having such an excitable imagination

I needed to get some of this down as I noticed I was forgetting things that part of me knew I wanted to remember.

So, follow along with me on my notebook journey:

Day 1
Decided to start carrying notebook.

Days 2-10
Research notebooks and Moleskine culture.
Read way too many hours on notebooks and on
Tom’s website (Hey, he is the only notebook
expert I know!) and assorted hacks. Note entry
on website about procrastination by reading
about notebooks and assorted hacks.
Research halted.

Day 11
Drive to Columbus, make side trip to Barnes
and Nobles for Moleskine . Spend 30 minutes
looking at them till I choose one.

Buy first notebook.

Day 12
Unwrap notebook and find suitable pen
(Pilot Varsity), a disposable fountain pen I
like. Chose this over many others that were
recommended on the basis of if I like to
write with it I would write more often.

Day 13
1300 hrs Go to store to find things
to hack notebook. Come home, unload jacket.

1310 hrs Go back 10 minutes later, find
notebook is missing. Panic. After high-speed
panic drive to store where I was looking for
rulers for notebook, search store and find no
trace of notebook. Leave phone number if
found, purchase off brand notebook in same size.

Must be willing to try to succeed.

1430hrs Take notebook home, unwrap and paste
business card inside cover. Write cell number
inside cover so if found they will call.
(Notice I never said that I put my name or
anything else in the Moleskine? Lesson one learned.)

Add penholder hack and added mod to hold
5-inch ruler on back page. Paste in 2 pages
of writers rule from famous authors to help
with writing. (Orwell, Heinlein, ECT)

Write first entry:
The only way a notebook is worth anything
is if you WRITE IN IT.

2330 hrs Go to kitchen to set up coffee
maker to automatically make coffee in morning.

2340 hrs Curse loudly as missing notebook
is found with pen lying on top of 1 pound coffee
can in plain view with pen.

0000 hrs Reveal stupidity to Judi

0010 hrs Laughter stops, sleep soon follows.

Day 14
1030 hrs Make first entry about weird dream.

1305 write blog entry

So, you can see that making the step to
carrying a notebook is sometimes a big one
and perhaps one take slowly. I am not sure
if this will work out for me, but I am
going to give it a try.

As a bookbinder you might wonder why I bought
my first (and hence second) notebooks.
Simple, before I invest my time to make one,
I wanted to make sure it was something that
I was going to use. I will personalize it
more as time goes on I am sure.

Till next time,
Be mindful and awake

Finaly!

Now, with the fall of the rat kingdom all other corporations shall bend to my will!!!

The beginning of the end! I WIN!

PS- Kate, I'll need to keep you on as a consultant since you are familiar with the ways of the rat but I reserve the right to take a flamethrower to the It's a small world ride...or at least make it into polka music.

Till next time,
Be mindful and awake

(Anyone know a good website for evil laugh development?)

From Judi's livejournal

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