26 Years, 85 Notebooks

Re:26 Years, 85 Notebooks by blackguardx on Thursday February 05, 2009 @08:57PM (#469204)

I have tried to keep notebooks, but I always end up filling them with random doodles. I will randomly start doodling on a page and try to stop, but I can't. Seeing a page with random drawings compels me to draw even more. My notebooks end up being like illuminated manuscripts, which looks unprofessional compared to the crisp, clean notebooks of my fellow engineers.

I guess it's a nervous habit.

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Re:26 Years, 85 Notebooks by beingfamous on Friday February 06, 2009 @12:06AM (#469389)

I have a similar problem. I had this brilliant idea that I would keep a collection of my thoughts in a Moleskine notebook. I bought the standard pocket size notebook and a pen set.

To make a long and boring story short, I wasted $15 on the notebook because I've yet to use it for something other than collecting dust. I'm just not a pen and paper type of person.

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Re:26 Years, 85 Notebooks by _phred on Thursday February 05, 2009 @10:27PM (#469301)

"A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds." -- Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Re:26 Years, 85 Notebooks by tel on Friday February 06, 2009 @02:25AM (#469494)

My notebooks do similar things. My trick to keeping it organized and "professional" is to skip a page and summarize your doodles. It's like an index to your brain.

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