Little notes all over the place is me, what a sad jumble of crumpled ideas. But I do manage to sift and sort into folders on my laptop. I feel better knowing they are stashed there.

Adorable little Moleskine — I lost it! Now I make a cryptic note in my calendar and call and leave a recorded message. Instant and retrievable! Or, snap a photo. 1000 words.

When I am ready to play with an idea I tend to do it on paper with an oldfashioned pencil for emphatic scrawls. Head, heart, hand I suppose. Then after that it’s in my top of mind.

Sometimes I think there is an underhanded inner conspiracy to make me forget good ideas. Or a blind trust that the best will sift up to the top in their own good time. Time of course, being fluid. hmmm.

Maybe I should relook at the systems that are out there! Thanks for the idea.

@Christine – Can you tell me more about what your needs are in a system? Maybe I can take a stab at some suggestions which, if all goes well, might even be slightly helpful? ;o)

I hope to someday get to the point where I can worry about a perfect system. I think I’m still at the point of looking for any system…. although I expect my continuous search for the perfect organizing devices is related at its core.

“…I want all my systems to be perfect… so that once things are set up and running, I’ll never have to think about them again, upkeep of the system will be minimal, and nothing will ever slip through the cracks.”

Yes! I spend far too long thinking about the container when I could be just having fun playing with the contents I have been known to drive myself into paralysis thinking about that darn container so much.

*sigh* What a waste of perfectly wonderful energy!

As much as I love nifty software I’ve found working with paper lists to be a helpful step too