post-it notes...
posted by matt beres | | Posted On 2.24.2010 at 10:19 AM
i have a pile on my desk. it sits to the left of my keyboard, by the pen cup, next to the phone. there is a small space that has become somewhat of a collection area for post-its. and sharpies. and gum. and movie tickets.
first, let me just say that i love post-it notes. i love the size. i love the stickiness. and i love the convenience. i just love them. i actually love all office supplies - truth be told.
anyways, post-it notes have become my recording system for quotes from friends, people i read, or verses that have an impact on me at a particular time. i write it down on the post-it, hang it up on my computer screen for awhile, and when the stickiness comes off and it won't stay up - it ends up in the pile, or the post-it graveyard as i'll call it.
the question is - what do i do with all these post-its? i mean, i can look through them all and think of specific times where they had an impact on my. i can read through the verses and i know what fears they were battling, or how god was using that on my heart. i can look at the quotes from friends and think about specific conversations we had. it's kind of like a time line of the past 2 years of my life.
sometimes i don't know what to do with the post-its. do i throw them away? do i file them somewhere? do i use pushpins and hang them all over my cube? but, i can't bring myself to hide them away just yet.
you know what i think? we all have post-it notes sitting around - maybe physically, but maybe more in our memory. maybe we we need to do is keep the post-it note stuck in our head somehow. maybe we need to find a way to capture the lessons and legacy left in the post-its.
after all, there was a reason they were written on that little yellow piece of paper in the first place.
first, let me just say that i love post-it notes. i love the size. i love the stickiness. and i love the convenience. i just love them. i actually love all office supplies - truth be told.
anyways, post-it notes have become my recording system for quotes from friends, people i read, or verses that have an impact on me at a particular time. i write it down on the post-it, hang it up on my computer screen for awhile, and when the stickiness comes off and it won't stay up - it ends up in the pile, or the post-it graveyard as i'll call it.
the question is - what do i do with all these post-its? i mean, i can look through them all and think of specific times where they had an impact on my. i can read through the verses and i know what fears they were battling, or how god was using that on my heart. i can look at the quotes from friends and think about specific conversations we had. it's kind of like a time line of the past 2 years of my life.
sometimes i don't know what to do with the post-its. do i throw them away? do i file them somewhere? do i use pushpins and hang them all over my cube? but, i can't bring myself to hide them away just yet.
you know what i think? we all have post-it notes sitting around - maybe physically, but maybe more in our memory. maybe we we need to do is keep the post-it note stuck in our head somehow. maybe we need to find a way to capture the lessons and legacy left in the post-its.
after all, there was a reason they were written on that little yellow piece of paper in the first place.
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Here's your answer Matt: evernote.com You can also use it on your cell phone and it will sync all of your notes automatically.
I think you should create art out of it. collage them onto a box and then use the box for more of them I'm sure you'll collect. I have a bunch of ideas. Have fun!
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