I was pretty excited when I bought a Palm Pre last summer because of the endless possibilities of neat things you can do with it. Including:
- Looking up words on dictionary.com
- Easily search Wikipedia
- Google Calendar
- Easy email access
- digital sticky notes
- about a million other cool features..
Sticky Notes & Memory
The Pre has a nifty sticky notes application to write anything you would like down. I also found a very cool application called Evernote which is a much more sophisticated, internet based, note taking application. Lately when I think of something, whatever it be (a random thought, idea, reminder etc.) I’ll write it down in there. No longer do I think of a great idea and then completely forget it 5 minutes later.
Lists & Character Growth
One thing I have tried in various forms of doing over the last couple years but it never quite worked out this well is: making a list of personal habits or character traits I want to improve on (e.g. Generosity, being selfless, be intentional, etc. etc.). So over the last 6 months or so I’ve kept a list of these things on my phone, and I’ll check them every so often (1-4 days ideally) and see how I’ve been doing. Most of these I am still terrible at, and will probably have to remind myself for a long time (or forever). It’s a process. But, there are a couple items on there which I’m happy to say I have improved on quite a bit over the last 6 months because of doing this. Character traits, is just one of many applications of this.
Other examples:
- Books you’d like to read
- Intriguing questions to ask people
- Interesting topics to think about when you smoke your next cigar
- Subjects or ideas you don’t understand, then add thoughts to them as they come.
- Blog post ideas
- Food/snack ideas
- Any other miscellaneous or private subject matter
- Todo lists (though maybe this would be better saved for a more sophisticated application than sticky notes—like Things, or Remember the Milk).
Some Deuteronomy 11 Inspiration
Deuteronomy 11 speaks about the importance of reminding ourselves about what God has done in our lives—a concept which is found all throughout the Bible, one which we often forget (ironically, most likely because we don’t follow it). And this idea I think can definitely apply to pretty much anything else… because it works.