I carry around at least one notebook everywhere I go. Some are small and light, while one is 13″ and pretty heavy. That’s my macbook lah! Till I get a lighter (digital) notebook, I’ll have to carry on bringing the heavy macbook almost everywhere I go. :(
My notebooks are my thinking tools. My brain works at the weirdest hour and strangest location. And some of you might already have heard this too many times, due to my low memory processor, I tend to forget things very easily. So I’ll always try to write down thoughts and ideas when they come in my (non-digital) notebooks.
Thanks to the many goodie bags received, I’ve got too many notebooks to use! But the two notebooks on top of the pile are the main ones I use almost daily for the past couple of months. The rest are either empty or has a few pages with scribbled thoughts.
When one does too much typing and blogging with the fingers, it’s nice to write and scribble with pen on paper. That’s why I’m still using notebooks instead of punching those ideas into my phone. Sometimes I just feel that ideas flow more easily when I’m scribbling or doodling.
The beautiful black book
Recently I received a black book from Daniel. He shared with me this book he bought and I got excited. This is THE IDEA BOOK that everyone should get! Already filled with 150 pages of ideas or questions to provoke your thinking for even more ideas. And 150 blank pages for you to fill in your very own ideas. How cool is that? The purpose of this book is for you to fill the pages up with thoughts and ideas. But because the book is too beautiful, I have not taken the step to ink it yet! I have to do it! If not it really is wasting this precious black book. Waaaaaa!! But I really cannot make myself do it leh! -_____-” Why must the author make this book so pretty?
The Idea Book by Fredrik Haren
I love that phrase! And I remember seeing ssumin mentioned on plurk, something like “Ideas are free. Share them!” So don’t just keep those ideas to yourself. Share them! If the idea is yours, you’ll have to ram it down their throats eventually! Woohooo!!
You can find out more about The Idea Book at the official website. To get a copy for yourself, you’ll only be able to find it at BooksActually, No.5 Ann Siang Road.
Once I get over the “Oh-so-pretty-book” stage, I should be able to scribble my ideas and thoughts down and fill the remaining 150 pages.
Can’t wait for the day where the book will be filled with many wonderful ideas!
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Then i know what to give you next time…. :)
Bobo u post so fast! And you know wat? I think you mentioned this before too right? Can’t remember which post is it. But should be something to do with notebooks too. :P
I love notebooks too! I have two drawers full of notebooks! I love those without lines
heh i love doodling into notebooks too! :P gosh…do you ever forget which notebook is for what stuff?
I love notebooks too! But I never use them as they are too pretty to be used!
@priscilla me love those w/o lines too! can draw/doodle and scribble however I want! :P
@dor yes! that’s why i try to have them all compiled into 1 notebook. love my muji folder now where i divide my scribbles into categories.
@nadnut i also leh! but hor… if don’t use, than its wasted leh. so must use! and i tend to write nicer in pretty notebooks! wahahaha!
I love notebooks too! I have more than a number of them at home, mostly half filled with excerpts of stories that I write on the fly, or just ideas for my novels. Even my personal diary is only half filled since most of the time, I’m just too tired to put my thoughts down.
I love this post cos I heart notebooks too! But when they’re really pretty, I will think for ages about what to write inside, cos I feel it needs to be really meaningful before I commit to writing in it. Kinda defeats the purpose of just noting down random thoughts… =(
And yes, ideas are free, and the best thing is when you share them, it tends to generate more ideas! Woot! =D
I love notebooks too! But I never use them as they are too pretty to be used!