i use the Notes app on my phone to keep lists.
‘to be read’ lists and ‘have already read’ lists. shopping lists and to-do lists, but also a list for quotes (my newest) and a list for potential cat names (my oldest).
i also keep Notes for each of the projects i’m working on. they serve as drop zones for any stray story impulses i might get throughout the day.
here’s an idea for a short story i had on my (morbid, i guess??) walk earlier:
i’m a pen-and-paper diehard. the plan for the remainder of my life is to slowly transform into a thirteenth-century monk.
but in the meantime, there’s pretty much always a phone in my pocket, for better or worse. so i might as well use it to keep Notes.