I make lists for most of my days, not that they always get done. I have come to realize that I'm like a fish out of water without a list. My to do list keeps me from flopping around saying, "What did I want to do today?" Love notebooks. I have different ones for different things. One is a journal, another is my homemade beauty recipe book, and then there is my note book of ideas for that book I may someday write. As far a doodles I have my stetch books for that. I love to draw comic book characters, mainly women. I think paper in any form is great, if you don't write you ideas down when you get them you lose them. I myself have a little notebook in my purse.

And welcome to Cigars!! OMG, yes!! I completely understand your addiction to paper; I absolutely cannot go to a mall without stopping by a stationary store to check out their collection of pretty pens and writing tools. Neither can I go to Barnes & Noble without checking out their assortment of journals, diaries, etc. I have an entire drawer of my desk filled with these luscious, leather-bound beauties. At work I have several notebooks; one for my work-related meetings (other people have Franklin planners or their laptops; I have my trusty college-ruled, five-subject Mead notebook) and one for my writing. I have my favorite pens...the kind that seem to flow effortlessly across the page, making the writing pure joy.

I am a paper addict, too. I have been one forever. I love the beginning of the school year because of all the stationary products that are available and on sale. I have a spiral notebook for each book I write, and sometimes I shut down the computer and tell my husband it's pencil time. I can't write a story longhand, though, because I can't write as fast as I think. I type much faster.

Great having you here, Sharon!

Jeannie

I adore journals and making lists. I have a red leather reusable journal, two Moleskines in my bag, and an Excel spreadsheet where I track monthly/daily goals and progress - pages written, things to do, etc. It's a little disorganized, but oh well...it's working!

Not for the contest--I'm a Cigars girl.

I've heard of that. I can't do it, but I've heard of it. Honestly, my handwriting is so bad, you can't find the punctuation anyway. I've gone back to notebooks of late, but if that picture is of your actual notebook, I'm going to have to show you one of mine. That one looks professionally typed, lol.

I'm a list person. I haven't been able to keep to a list in months, though. Sucks. I miss being productive. :)

Dee

I *heart* paper and gel pens. I'm more of a looseleaf girl in my favorite Harley Davidson binder though. :) I tend to make a scene one big paragraph then put it 'right' when I type it into the computer. Nothing like writing on paper to get the muse going again sometimes!

Writing on paper is a great way to get the muse going again for me, too. Not sure why that is exactly, but my guess is it both takes me back to the good of days when writing was simply for fun and also because being away from the computer eliminates the temptation to "just check the email really quick". And I'm definitely a loose leaf kind of girl, too. :)

This was such a good idea to switch up like this! Kudos to whoever came up with it! :)

I love paper too. I love going to office supply stores and looking around for unique stuff. I have note pads and pens/pencils laying around so I can write down ideas as they come to me and my desk looks like it is decorated in post-it notes. LOL

Hi Sharon!!

Did you say paper??

Yes I am obsessed with notebooks and paper and mechanical pencils! I drive my family crazy! I have notebooks everywhere and I am sure if I were to ever really clean the house up I would find long lost notebooks!! I passed my love of paper on to my dd who at 20 writes in her journal every single day and has since she was in Kindergarten. I have all of her first journals and treasure them!! I am actually getting ready to go to Target to pick up a few needed things and it will take all my strength to walk past the paper aisle and not touch or pick a notebook up! Wish me luck!!

I'm addicted to Post-it Notes. I have them in many sizes and colors. I remember when there was only one color available, yellow. Now you fuschia and purple. Love the Post-it dispenser too. There are Post-its all over my desk and computer and frig to remind me of the things I have to do.

I love using the long yellow pads and mechanical pencils. I have like...10 writing pads and a ton of pencils and pretty pens. But I'm lazy...I hate transferring what I've written to files on the laptop. Now I've started using the yellow pads for lists, notes and doodles.

I love paper too..but I am more of a brightly colored/patterned paper girl myself. I like to fold paper(origami). I do have notebooks in about every room...I learned that if I want to remember anything the best bet it to write it down somewhere before it is lost forever:)

Kendra

Hi, Sharon!

I can understand your attachment to the written word and real writing (with a pen and paper)--I feel that way, too. Although I don't consider myself a writer, when I have to write (an assignment or the occasional review or something), I feel much more creative somehow with an actual pen in hand. A blank Word document just isn't the same thing!

And I love paper and stationery and pens and journals and all that good stuff--I could happily spend hours in an office supply store or better yet, a fancy paper place--we visited Kate's Paperie in NY once...oooh! And as an occasional designer, I also really love those little swatch books that paper companies send to printers--also very cool!

Anyway, I make lists sometimes, and love to check stuff off. I use them mainly when under pressure, so I can feel like I'm putting the info somewhere I can't too easily forget it! (Unless I lose the list, of course... ;))

I make lists because my memory isn't the best - don't know where I'd be without lists of the jobs I need to do that day :D However I don't use post-it notes I prefer memo squares :D

When I am on hold and if I have a paper and pen then I will doodle. It's not something I think about but I find myself doing it. When I have a lot to do I will make lists too. Sometimes I follow them and sometimes I don't but they help me organize my thoughts.

Hi Sharon,
I like writing things down as well. I used to put everything on paper first - creative writing, academic papers, etc. It wasn't until college, really, that I wrote papers straight on my computer. I think it had something to do with having only 8 hours before a 20 page paper was due. No time to hand write it, much less type it up with those constraints. Now I take notes on my laptop, but if I feel like jotting down creative blips, I like to do it by hand. I'm not much of a list maker, but I love handwriting by choice. (Madly hand writing answers to an exam for four hours by hand now is torture.)

I love pens and notebooks and I always wrote things down before typing them up. If I saw a notebooks with a cute cover or a cover that fascinated me I'd buy it for later use and I was always trying out new types of pens. Since I taught school there was always a need for writing things down including tests, lesson plans, lectures etc. And making lists is the only way I can remember what needs doing or what I need to buy so I still use notebooks. In fact I use notebooks for writing down driving directions when I go on vacation because I don't always want to go in the way the internet tells me to. I have more notebooks and pens than I will ever use.

I love paper and Gel pens. I have a notepad or steno book in almost every room of the house and I am not a writer.
I find I have to jot down things as I think of them or I forget them. Chores, book titles, author names, groceries, etc. My husband calls them my to do things.

Now that I have two kids under the age of 5 the only way I remember anything is to write it down. I love cool notepads in a variety of shapes and sizes to use specifically for this.

I am a doodler, when I set at the computer you will find little pictures that I have drawn, stick men mostley. I make grocery list and then forget to take them with me. You will find little notes all around my computer. So I guess you could call me a doodler.

I also love pens and paper. I keep paper of all sizes and kinds. Even when I make a mistake on one side, I use the other side of the paper. I guess I hate wasting paper too. :) I would doodle, jot down things I need to do, or make lists for that and this. Sometimes when I write it down on one piece of paper and if I lose it, I tend to write my list again. As for pens, I collect pens of all colors I get as freebies or buy from the store. But I do love the gel pens too as someone mentioned.

The first thing I did when I got my allowance was replace any of my school supplies that were showing their wear and tear. I loved the start of a new school year - all those pens, folders and notebooks - all crisp and fresh. I so get the lure of a new notebook.

Each story I write gets its' own unique colored Composition notebook and all my notes are written in matching ink with a bold, Rollerball. I have to say, Maya - based on your picture, you keep a pretty neat notebook. Mine tends to have more arrows and tangents boxed off from the main plot points. Some of this is because of the way I process, but it's mostly because I love the way the ink flows on the paper and I can't doodle worth a darn.

I completely sympathize with the ladies who find it difficult to pass up the office supplies aisle. Oh, the possibilities they offer.

I've always used notepads and those little blocks of 2000 3X3 squares by the phone for lists and messages, etc but I can't say I did anything for my writing on paper since I started -- I've always been sheerly laptop.

Now I have my Axim, and I can write on that, and do lists, calendar, notes, documents, etc -- had it with me as I did research at B&N today, and took pages of notes...

But then I started journaling as well, just for writing -- a notebook where I do writing exercises, thoughts, plans, questions, ideas, and such... and I did really well for a few weeks, and then I didn't touch it all last week as my attention starts to hone in on a new book, I start working more on the computer again -- I think because I can type much faster than I can write...

A friend did give me the cutest little hard-bound mini-notebook for my bag, though, and I keep that in there, and do use it for grocery lists, etc -- but not so much for writing...

I like paper, but I like my computers, too, and the problem is when you start having stuff all over the place... notes from the DVDs I'm watching in my notebook... notes from research on the Axim... other stuff on my computer... ugh.

I'm old now and get confused easily, you know! LOL

Sam

Glad to see I'm not alone in my paper obsession. I spent a good part of the afternoon today with my nose in my notebook. Now I'm down to just a few pages left so I need to go stock up again!

I like making list and I love collecting ink pens from my fave authors.

I make lists for all kinds of things. Don't draw or do things like just lists all the time.

i do list things and cross them out. i write my name , my favorite sports team over and over. Hi sharon to seeu ladies here.

I doodle when I'm on the phone. I've always done it and probably always will. :) I also like to make list. As for pens my favorite is a Bic XXL I LOVE those things. They are SO nice to write with.