Blogosis

I have a notebook. It is a small notebook that I keep in my backpack when I go to school, and it sits on top of my desk when I am there, or at home. This notebook is my “blogging notebook.” It has saved me hours upon hours of work towards my blog.

It is part of my whole process of planning, and to every single blogger in the universe, make it part of yours. I use my blogging notebook to jot down new ideas. If I end up writing about these, I cross it out, and write a date next to it. It gives me an alternative method to tracking my posts, so I can go back and see if I already wrote about a similar topic or if I can link to other articles in my current post. Looking at my notebook now, I see I can do this. Remember how I told you to change the situation you are in to stimulate your mind? Going from digital to plain old paper is one trick.

There are tons of other reasons I can see why anyone would want to use a notebook rather than a computer. A paper notebook is much more personal than my notebook computer. Those are your own words, your own handwriting, your personal style being scratched onto the page. It makes a stickier connection, you know? Try it, and maybe you will.

I can use my blogging notebook whenever I want because it is light and portable. I’m not going to drag my computer out in the middle of my formal logic course or during my psychology course, mostly because it is distracting and the classes require my attention. My handy dandy notebook sits on my desk with my pen jotting down notes. I write down quotes, ideas that just pop up, or take suggestions from the people next to me. Occasionally, I’ve written down the day’s homework assignment within. It helps me be productive within the class and towards my blog, without creating extra distractions.

Do you use a notebook to blog? Do you write out whole post, and are there any other things you use that paper notebook for?