My Diary, No Rules, just Thoughts

My Diary, No rules just thoughts

My Diary Notes #Diary #Daily-Notes #Notes #Hashtags #No-Rules #Article #Pencils #Ink-Pens I don’t have rules when I write in my diary, which I do every day, I say no rules, I have one, date in the top right, and highlighted with a water colour felt tip. Oh and I use a very simple version of the Cornel template, apart from that, its a no rules entry system, I let my mind flow, ideas and comments, to do, that day, addresses, people, hints websites, all get added, if I need to record it, I use my google Pixel, to scan a page if I deem it important, if my writing is good enough, than it might get picked up, but that's a bonus. 

 I use a Rhodia A5 dotBook, a spiral bound notebook that has particularly nice paper, and a 10mm dot grid. It's light enough not to distract, but so usable to align drawings, which I do constantly. It's drawings I like to do, not landscapes or people, just details I see, I like to take photos, but so often I just take out my pad and sketch, it makes you think, a photo is too instant. 

 I carry some ink pens and a couple of pencils in my satchel, just to sketch with, and make notes, , again no rules, sometimes I go back to a note and add, , if there is no room, than I go to the bottom of the last item, add a new thought, and draw a line to it, No rules just a note. 

 I tried out a new felt tip pen yesterday, but it bled through the page and marked to black page under it, so it became a small sketch, but the pen went into the draw, I might use it again, if I remember Dates are my only way of finding notes, I don’t keep an index or complicated process to tab , I mark to front card with start and finish date of the pad, thats all, if I realy think the notes worth adding to my knowledge base, that I scan it, where I might add a few lines to expand why, and hashtag it. 

 Articles get fleshed here, often as bullet points, concepts, Ideas, or simple random lines of text, a single word, or a sketch, no rules here remember. I listened to a podcast the other day, and luckily the transcript was easy to copy and add, I had made notes whilst listening, so the two were added together and made into a note. I placed new hashtags and some extra notes. Hashtags are interesting, they are unique, and very searchable, I used to keep a list of usable hashtags, but kept forgetting them or could not find the list, so now I just add not one but many that will cover the subject. 

 If I succumb to taking a photo, and my Pixel is so good, I hardly ever use my Nikon, I make a note in my book, often not straight away, more when I have 5 mins of quiet., noting the day, time place, subject, although my Pixel records so much meta data. That's it, no major rules to learn, just a spiral bound note pad, a few pencils maybe an ink pen if two, and time, no AI, just thoughts and ideas. Oh and handful of Hashtags Student, if your starting College of University in the coming weeks, wait till you get there before spending money, a simple note pad and pencil tin, will be all you need, if your required to use a specific program, think hard and see if the institutes facilities are good enough. 

 As a lecturer, I was more impresses with students taking manual notes rather than trying to keep up typing.