My Handy Dandy Notebook

Please allow me to introduce to you a very special friend of mine.

Raise your hand if your child used to watch Blue’s Clues.

{{raising my hand}}

Now just to be clear…this is not my day-timer/planner thing.  I have one of those too.  Except I use that more for my running to-do list and to keep track of important stuff like birthdays and appointments.  Like my mammogram appointment tomorrow.

{{i swear is there no end to the mortification that a middle-aged woman has to go through??}}

Anyway, this little cutie is actually the third notebook I’ve started. 

I started keeping a notebook about the time I started my blog and it is sort of a cross between a journal and a sketch pad.  And I use it as a place to keep keep my thoughts.  And I’ll write down ideas or inspiration that might come to me on any given day.

So for instance here is a sketch of an idea I had to redo my blog header with a collage.

And here is a sketch of a scrapbook page idea I doodled one day during lunch.

I also like write down inspiration quotes that speak to me.  Doesn’t everyone??

Wait don’t answer that.

Oh look!  Here are some notes on a riveting (!!) blog post that I plan to share next week which was actually inspired by this post.

Please try to contain your excitement!!

Anyway, I’ve found that keeping a notebook is quite beneficial to my sanity and peace of mind.  It seems like if I’m thinking about something or get an idea, if I write it/sketch it down, then it’s like one less ball in the air to juggle. Frees up valuable head space. And for me that’s good thing, because it’s like a circus of cats up there most days.

Hey…that might make a good blog post someday.  I should go write that down.

Love, The Cat Circus Ring Leader