Thought for the Day Always carry a notebook....

[Paul Whybrow]

“Always carry a notebook. And I mean always. The short-term memory only retains information for three minutes; unless it is committed to paper you can lose an idea for ever.”

Will Self

 

[Vagabond Heart]

Three minutes? Wow, at my age that’s quite an optimistic goal.

 

[E G Logan]

And two pencils. The second one in case the first one breaks.

 

[Pamela Jo]

Three minutes? Wow, at my age that’s quite an optimistic goal.

And too true. Little hand recorder. The first time I met a REAL writer in NYC and he had one of those, my mind was blown. (It was a blind date and he kept taking it out to make notes. He wrote mysteries and apparently I gave him ideas on a character.) Now I send myself a text. My husband gifted me the cutest little recorder for xmas if I can figure out how its works.

 

[Hannah F]

And your mobile phone which has a notebook and a voice recorder for those on-the-hoof inspirations.

 

[Pamela Jo]

And your mobile phone which has a notebook and a voice recorder for those on-the-hoof inspirations.

And for me, a lanyard to hang the phone around your neck so it's there when you need it. At least notebook w little pencil doesnt need to be recharged.

 

[Hannah F]

3 minute short term memory? It's no wonder I need a list, however short, when I go to the supermarket! And why remembering names when introduced to party guests is impossible.

(Actually, STM, filters information within a minute of receiving it and passes it to LTM or disintegrates it. LTM has different layers, some easily accessible, others not . . . for further information on brain processing and memory, I highly recommend Pixar's Inside Out and Inside Out 2. I'd have so used those if I still taught in schools!)