I always have pencil, pen & paper with me. Everywhere. You never know when you will hear a good book recommendation, a song you want to remember, an idea from something you see out & about, an image that hits you between the eyes. All fleeting, but you can capture them if you jot it down.
I follow Seth Godin's blog. One day last December this was his thought for the day.
Jot
An almost magical idea, a tiny little word, a chance to make it real.
If someone tasks you with carving something profound into a block of granite, the emotional overhead is probably too high to do our best work.
But if you simply want to jot something down, al you need is an iota, a tiny glimpse of what might work.
It turns out that just about all granite-worthy ideas begin as jots.
Simply jot.
It's that simple & brilliant.
This is stream of consciousness writing I like to do.
Compress it all and make it illegible. Don't lift your utensil. Great way to do a brain dump if needed.
None of us has had to do that lately right?
Grab your favorite writing utensil, some paper, & let it flow.
