Maybe it's a carryover from my reporter days, but I constantly find myself reaching for a notebook. A lot of my jottings are mundane details that simply connect the dots in my everyday life: driving directions, lists, reminders of the things I need to do for my wife or children, restaurant recommendations from friends.
Other times my notes are more inspired, more a reflection of what I find important and remarkable. Someone will say something clever or particularly perceptive and I'll scribble it down. An extraordinary sentence, phrase or quote will jump off the page of a book or magazine, and I'll capture it for some future use. I'll hear a cool song on the radio and make note of its title, with plans to figure out how to play it on guitar. Or an idea for a blog post will pop into my head and I'll sketch out a beginning, middle and end.
Keep in mind that all of this personal note-taking comes on top of the sizable amount of ink I drain onto notepads during my daily grind in corporate communications.
Travel writer Bruce Chatwin viewed jotting notes as a means to better understanding one's world and ultimately oneself. He considered his notebooks invaluable extensions of his experience, his spirit. "Losing my passport was the least of my worries; losing a notebook was a catastrophe," he famously said.
Not sure I'm that serious about it. But I do often find myself wondering why other people aren't writing stuff down.
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