What is your tool�the one that helps you
do the things you do?
Notebook
How has this tool helped you?
Most of my go-to tools are electronic�my iPhone, my laptop, my time-tracking apps (Harvest!) and QuickBooks. But the one thing that I absolutely cannot live without is totally analog. It�s a simple lined notebook where I track pending projects.
This humble journal serves a variety of immediate purposes�helping me see at a glance what awaits me each day, providing a constant reminder within eyesight of what I need to tackle next. But it also provides a chance to reflect on what I�ve done (�Thank goodness that�s over!�) and keep a tangible record of my efforts. Sometimes I�ll literally write something down that I recently completed just for the satisfaction of crossing it out. Flipping through it gives me a sense of where I�ve been and where I�m going.
It�s important to mention that just not any notebook will do. First, the journal absolutely has to be from Chronicle Books. I worked there for eight years, and they have the best journals. Secondly, the design must provide some sort of aesthetic or familiar inspiration. I�m currently using the Forest Animals Journal, because it�s darling and reminds me to look out the window every now and then.
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Images courtesy of Lisa Hazen.
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