{"id":262,"date":"2014-02-06T01:52:00","date_gmt":"2014-02-06T01:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.writingwhiledistracted.com\/?p=262"},"modified":"2015-09-24T17:59:25","modified_gmt":"2015-09-24T17:59:25","slug":"in-praise-of-spiral-notebook-wayne","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.writingwhiledistracted.com\/?p=262","title":{"rendered":"In Praise of the Spiral Notebook"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In Praise of the Spiral Notebook<\/div>\n
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Today I am on the merry-go-round. \u00a0Going around in circles, wondering when the ride will be over,
\ncan I really reach that brass ring with out falling off? My plan for a productive morning totally blown by snow, ice, more snow, and kids home from school. The precious 2 hours and 45 minutes I usually have to work on my current writing project? So not happening.
\nWhat do I do when my writing schedule is interrupted by children and other acts of nature beyond my control? \u00a0I grab a spiral notebook, the cheaper the better, and a pen. I leave it out where I can scribble down ideas that bubble up as I play with the kids, wash dishes, and watch the snow fall.<\/p>\n

I have tried 3X5 cards and sticky notes but the kids and the dogs chew and eat them, respectively. If the cards\/notes survived the omnivorous kids and dogs, I had a really bad habit of misplacing them or washing them.
\nFor those of us with attention issues having a place to capture your flight of ideas is essential. Using something that does not depend on an external power source, is easily replaced and inexpensive is freeing. \u00a0Writing in my spiral notebook provides these five benefits.<\/p>\n