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Rebecca Barry's avatar

Thanks for a great post, Sharon! This topic is such a good one, and I love your advice. I recently lost my phone and was amazed at how sad I was. Mostly because I lost contacts and pictures and notes--where I did a LOT of writing. (No, it wasn't backed up on the cloud. I had used too much storage and didn't feel like paying for more. And find my iphone isn't working.) BUT the good news is that I got to start fresh with a new phone. No apps. No glitches or viruses that may have snuck in. I'm using it carefully. And I started carrying a notebook again for my writing. I lost too much to leave it all in notes, and besides, carrying a notebook makes me feel like Harriet the Spy.

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Sharon Holbrook's avatar

Those notes feel like gold! And the photos, *sob*. I have been meaning to start carrying a notebook too but I haven't quite figured out a routine, which notebook it will be, etc. How many notebooks/journals do you keep - just the one?

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Rebecca Barry's avatar

Oh my lord! So many notebooks! I have one by the chair where I have coffee with the cat in the morning. One in the car. And a small one I carry with my phone. I like to get hardcover ones with Harvey paper in case I have to draw something I can’t describe in words. I hope you get one! You’ll love it! There’s something that comes through when I write by hand that has more delight in it than when I type. Thank you for understanding the loss! Those notes WERE gold, and I miss them.Thanks for getting that. Let me know what you do with the journal!

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Rebecca Barry's avatar

Heavy, not Harvey!

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Sharon Holbrook's avatar

Will do! I currently have a few notebooks that hang around my desk and get disordered notes. More disordered creativity to come, just the on-the-go version! :)

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Dawn Cook's avatar

Thank you for this reminder Sharon! When your teen checks your “screen time” and it’s way more than theirs, you know you’re in trouble. She put limits on my phone this summer. Reality check!

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Sharon Holbrook's avatar

Oh my goodness Dawn, you are brave!

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