Please write your ideas down!

The tools I use to keep them from leaking out of my brain

I don’t need to write this down, I’ll remember it.

Just this morning, chatting with a writing friend, I had a brilliant idea for a post. What was it? I now have no idea, because I committed the cardinal sin of not writing it down. What a rookie error!

Please, I beg you, don’t fall into the “I’ll remember it” trap.

I’ve recently turned 47, so my instinct is to blame the “p word,”but this problem has existed far longer than my forties. If you’re much younger than I am, best get the habit of recording things in place now.

The tools are there.

What irritates me so much about this lost idea is that I know better. The hubris of trusting my memory is always a mistake, and hopefully this won’t happen again anytime soon. Let’s refresh on all the options I foolishly chose not to take.