Where's my paper?

Now where's my pen?

What was i going to write again? Oh yeah, I remember.

What was i doing before? Oh right, the email.

What was I about to say in this email? I can't remember.

Why is this paper here?

This might solve one problem, but the real issue is that there are thousands of problems.

It’s not that notes don’t help, but they don’t solve the real problem. A shelter good for a single drop of rain isn’t useless, but that’s not the storm that troubles me.

Why is this paper here? Oh well

Typical, unhelpful, ableist advice from well-meaning but ultimately useless and irritating NTs.

Yeah my desk is COVERED in post-its and notepads. It’s how I keep up with things. Plus all the notes in my phone that I write and forget exist (hence the paper notes in my face). But I love when my notes are just two words and I’m left scratching my head later like… wtf does that mean?

Last time I moved my keyboard there were so many notes...

I moved it looking for my pen to make a note

Paper is gone now

But I'm not looking for it

Because I forgot

It might work, if I remembered to do it in the moment, but I probably wouldn't.

then return to the email

Bold of you to assume I'll remember the email after writing this down.

I set up my PC, so I have a single shortcut that opens up my editor with a notes file that I can just type into.

I always marvel when I see folks using OneNote or whatever, which takes like 10 seconds to boot, then you have to select a category/folder to create the note in, and I believe, you even have to give the note a name, all before you can start typing your thoughts. Just how does that work for you?

In writing it down my brain files the task as "complete" and the paper becomes clutter with a hasty scribble on it I can barely decipher.

Basically an inbox of Getting Things Done.

Yeah, I have several of those. Shit, I should take a look into the last one, it's been years since I last sorted it.

Not at all, but the idea is still sound. I need everything electronically because I will lose anything paper in seconds.

I do this sometimes, though usually through a slack message to myself with a reminder for work things. For home, I will write it down or maybe throw an appointment in my calendar with a reminder.

This has big "Depressed person: Have you tried going outside more?" vibes.
I have so many to-do lists, post its, whiteboards and notebooks around me and not a clue what's on them anymore.

At work I always have a block of paper next to me, a pen I enjoy writing with. It works a treat for me. It also helps my brain from becoming overwhelmed with a lot of fractured things to remember.

Having a way to quickly take a voice notes without interrupting your flow too much is a game changer.

Write it down and it fades to the background.

Oh I find notes years later and "oh right I forgot about that". I do infact forget about it as soon as I write it down. Including the existence of the note in the first place