Field Notes: How I Use My Pocket Notebooks
For fun and profit
(as well as three used Moleskine Pocket Notebooks)
I don’t journal a lot these days. Instead, there is comfort in quickly scribbled words in a tiny pocket notebook.
I’ve been using many from my Field Notes stockpiles, going through about one book per month. At the same time, I’m also using a Moleskine-styled pocket notebook with a sky blue cover that’s dedicated to school notes. I’ve been jotting down my thoughts that way.
Just quick words about what’s going on in my brain. What I observed, and the media I consumed. That sort of quick brain dump really shouldn’t replace regular journaling. But they have fewer filler words because I’m not concerned with making them coherent.
Anyway, Field Notes are good for taking quick notes while I’m around the house, watching TV, or browsing the internet. My attention span is so short these days I can do all three at once.
I’m training myself to take notes while watching a film, to get myself more actively engaged with the material.
Anything interesting I learned or thought of. I’ve been sporadically watching Dark Matter and The 100, and taking notes helps with the boring parts. Something about the 2010s television amuses me so much, all that teen cringe rushes right back. It’s tons of fun.
