"Why do I keep a notebook at all?"

WHY NOTEBOOKS?

Major reasons:

• Reduce Repeated Thinking


• Prevent Lost Porgress


• Observe Mind

Minor reasons:

• Storage and Retrieval


• Living Strategicly

Too often, we think of notebooks as a way-station: a necessary stop en-route to the perfected, polished work of art. But what if the notebook is the work of art? What if the process of taking notes is the point?

Why did I write it down? In order to remember, of course, but exactly what was it I wanted to remember? How much of it actually happened? Did any of it? Why do I keep a notebook at all? It is easy to deceive oneself on all those scores.