What I Actually Use My Notebook For

I always imagine I will use a fresh notebook for my best thoughts. In reality, it becomes useful much sooner and in messier ways.

Mostly three things

1. Shopping lists

2. Fragments I do not trust my phone with

3. The first ugly version of an idea

That turns out to be enough. A notebook does not need to become an archive. It only needs to catch the thought before it slips away.