I say, "Just Write it Down!"

I have trouble at times remembering certain things. Much of my life, my mind was at peak activity and I never had to have notes or leave notes to remind me to remember.

Those days are gone and I now must always make notes for me and take notes from others. And I mean bunches of them. If I don’t, there will be many concerns and mass confusion for yours truly.

So, when a something of importance has been set upon my “lap” while working whether it’s an idea, an appointment, a formula, an address, a phone number (or any numbers, for that matter) I write these things down.

When thinking about ways to fix a problem, writing it on paper is the logical cure. Visualizing upon paper instead of just using the visualization of my mind proves to be much easier and much more convenient. It’s so simple, it’s almost absurd that more people don’t do this all the time. Just write it down, I say.

As per usual in every facet of the working class, there are those amongst us who are able to handle the daily tasks of a work day without having to write a single note for a need to remember now or for a future referenced moment. I certainly applaud these workers for going paperless. (Or should I say, note less) I, on the other hand, will write it down.

Oh, I could attempt to do the same absent process, or non-process, but I believe that my hair would be in a completely untrendy style by the noon lunch hour with clumps of hair having been tossed around me like a 3 year old tossing a bowl of cereal. I think what is obviously best for me is to stay with what is working for me, and I’ll definitely write it down.

So, the setting up of many facts and ideas to be organized (I like to use index cards) must begin early at sunrise each morning; placing all notes on top of the dining room table, thus creating a viewable “card game” plan to develop the ideal approach that would be needed to confront each individual situation throughout the day.

This method helps me because it allows for free viewing of the necessary steps to be taken in working the problem out. I find my brainstorming to be stronger with the cards, with an always showing of my scribbled notes along with filled descriptions of what I need to do.

Instead of attempting in remembering ideas right off the top of my head, I won’t be forfeiting and forgetting key details that should be in the completing task process for the job.

The use of index cards is so especially useful in my writing, too. It is such a thing that works to free up my inner thoughts (when viewing the cards) allowing for the emptying of the mind and giving way to more creative thinking with the immersing of new, fresh ideas, readying me when I begin to write again.

They are cards that form a safety net when it comes to making sure I have all the necessary information to be able to complete the task or tasks at hand; lending me a ‘helping hand’ to knowingly, patiently, and purposely work to the best of my abilities.

My index cards are there to eliminate the fearing that I will forget. I truly could call them “Thank You” cards.

Maybe you agree or agree to disagree on how this “taking notes thing” might work, but, as I earlier pointed out, not everybody needs them – and that’s just fine. But knowing how much the cards help me, the process couldn’t be more beneficial.

So when I think about the notes I will take ever again, I definitely believe that they will guide me efficiently and effectively in my career, as I head off to work or head off to play.

And as I think about the days ahead, there will be much thinking about how much information there is still to be known, that is needed for me to know, to just “be in the know”. (Whew! I must make sure to write it all down!)