Bought a $2 notebook at a Denver hardware store and stopped losing track of everything

Tessa Webb · 2026-09-25T20:55:03.961715+00:00

For years I kept every to-do list, grocery list, and random idea in my phone's notes app. Last fall my phone died at a job site in Aurora and I couldn't remember a single part number I needed, so I bought a little spiral notebook from the checkout aisle. Now I write down everything by hand at the start of each day and cross things off as I go. The weird part is I actually finish more stuff because I can see the whole page instead of scrolling. Does anyone else find that paper lists stick in their brain better than digital ones?

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