Blog Swap!

November 19th, 2008 at 8:49 am . Posted in My Life .


20SB Blog Swap 3

Todays guest post is brought to you by Jennifer from Free and Flawed.
This is all part of the 20 Something Bloggers “Blog Swap 3“.
Don’t forget to go check out my post over on her site.

Hello readers! I’m Jenn from Free and Flawed. I’m sorry to say that I haven’t read Stephanie’s blog before being assigned as her partner for the 20SB swap so I’m not sure if we share readers – but I’m looking forward to catching up on her life!

I thought that I would take this opportunity to get a fresh perspective on a blogging question. Most people have a system for saving good ideas. I’d like to share mine with you and hopefully, you’ll share your system with me.

Do you rip pages from a magazine, fold over pages in books, collect quotes or post-it notes? I do.

When I need to remember something, in particular an idea for writing, I will first add a reminder on my phone’s calendar. I like that because I don’t have to go searching for it – it reminds me! My backup is usually a post-it note. My purse is usually full of them. I carry a notebook with me, but that would require me remembering to open it. At least with a purse full of post-its I’m bound to pull out one or two ideas on any given day.

I’ve been known to give my mom a call and have her write something down for me so she can remind me later. That’s pretty sad eh? I think I need to get a digital voice recorder thingy. That would come in handy – especially when driving and I’m unable to fumble with my phone or notepad.

When I’m reading a book, I will underline or highlight the quote or section I want to remember. Then usually I will fold the corner of the page over. Later I’ll type it up on my computer or put it on my iPod.

So what tricks do you have up your sleeve? How to you remember your great ideas?

What inspires you?

There are 3 comments to this post.
d said... Nov 19, 2008 @ 11:41 am

it’s weird, but i was just thinking about this.

i used to email myself a lot.

now i’m trying to get used to using Evernote, which is a nifty tool.

Paula said... Nov 19, 2008 @ 1:01 pm

I write it as a text message in my phone and then save it in the drafts if I ever have an idea I want to remember. I once wrote a whole poem as a text message because I was in bed and couldn’t be bothered putting the light on and searching for a pen and paper.

Maxie said... Nov 19, 2008 @ 4:11 pm

I have an “ideas” draft page on my wordpress that I use for all of my blogging ideas. I used to carry around a little notebook for ideas, but somehow I got out of the habit…I need to start doing that again.

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