Note to self

[ksmith]

Note to self--thoughts thunk while washing dishes should be written down immediately, even if it means stopping and drying hands. They do sell waterproof paper, so even that step could be dispensed with.

Dammit.

Comments

[mindyklasky.livejournal.com]

I find that it sometimes helps to put myself right back in the situation where I had the thought - re-wash the same dishes, holding the same sponge at the same sink...

But I know exactly what you mean ::wry grin::

[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

That would've been the next step, but I got it back--I mentally put myself in front of the sink.

I wish real dishes could get done the same way.

"I willed them clean!"

[rolanni.livejournal.com]

It's the brilliant! idea! that arrives in the middle of the shower that still defeats me...

[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

Hmmm...

Pen.

Waterproof field notebook.

I guess you could keep them in a shower caddy, or hand them from the showerhead with string...

[slave2tehtink.livejournal.com]

Posting links like that is a horrible thing to do to a pen-and-paper addict like me. I swear I have a zillion pens and varieties of nifty paper around... I don't use them much, I just like to, y'know, HAVE them.

[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

I like to spread it around.

Back in the early 80s, I stumbled over some wrapping paper with the name "Kris" spattered all over it, and bought out a store's supply. Because up to that point, Kris-with-a-K was a rare bird--Chris with Ch was still the norm--and I got overexcited.

Never used it.

Nevermind.

[mizkit.livejournal.com]

I feel your pain. :) It's occasionally possible to find things with Catherine-with-a-C, but I have not yet in my life found anything with "Catie", just Katie. I bought the first Catherine-with-a-C thing I ever saw (a coffee mug, which, in fact, I use), and live in hope of a Catie-with-a-C *anything*.

Besides, you *can't* use your Kris-with-a-K wrapping paper, because then you wouldn't have it anymore, and there might not be more to get! I said reasonably. :)

[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

It was glossy white with my name in brown. Not sure if it's aged well. And it was folded, so the creases are permanent.

So I'm afraid it's good for archiving purposes only.

[pbray.livejournal.com]

:-( That's happened to me in the shower.

[e-moon60.livejournal.com]

I feel deprived...I have never had a useful writing-related thought in the shower. The shower makes me think of things like "Dang--here I am showering and forgot to do [dirty chore of choice] before I showered" or "OMG I have to be ready to leave in five minutes and I didn't realize it had gotten this late and [turning off water, jumping out to drip] do I even *have* a clean bra?"

[cabri729.livejournal.com]

For shower inspiration, perhaps leave a cell near the towel rack then do a quick hand dry and leave yourself a memo on the phone. Or one of those small digital recorders if it happens a lot. It's not a great substitute for paper, but it captures the moment.