Too Many Notebooks!

UGH, I know I wrote it down somewhere. Was it on a paper? A notecard? My Google docs? No. It has to be in one of my notebooks. Yet, I have a heavy sigh when I stare at my bookshelf. Which notebook is it in?

I’ll flip through one. It’s what I’m using currently. Of course…there’s no rhyme or reason to what’s inside. I just write, after all.

Oh, look. I forgot about that scene. I wonder if it’s any good. Well, there’s my notes for the proposal. Been wonder where those were. Hey, I don’t remember this title. What’s this one? Oh, yeah. I didn’t finish it cause I didn’t like it. What am I looking for again?

Let’s try a different notebook. Where’s that one, little one? It had this pattern, but that’s not the right notebook. Maybe it’s–no–that one is an unfinished story. Ugggh. I know it’s here somewhere, but what did I do with it? I bet this one has–nope. That’s work stuff. Wait. This one is empty? Why is it in this pile?

Oh, good. There’s the conference notebook I was looking for. Oh! Is that it?

Nope. That one’s empty too…

Where. Did. I. Put. It?

Those are folders. That one is empty. Wow. I’ve had this other one forever and I haven’t written in it yet? There’s so many empty ones. I need to write more, but where is the one I’m looking for?

Oh. Legal pads. Those are fun. What’s underneath it? Loose papers. Weird, and this notebook starts at page thirty-nine. What happened to the first thirty-eight? Oh, well. It’s all blank anyway. There! That has to be–nope. I already looked at that one…Where else could it be?

Not in the art cabinet. That’s for sketchbooks and art supplies, but maybe…?

I think I’m going crazy.

I was right. Just sketchbooks and art supplies. That was a waste of time. Oh, more loose papers. I’ll just stick them in those folders. Heh…ha…what did I do with the folders?

Oh, there’s more notebooks in the closest? What’s in here? Man, I forgot about these. I need to go through them. Condense the information and what I’ll need for the next novel or three.

HEY, I FOUND IT!

Yes. Yes! This is it! Not on that page. Not on this one. That’s a pretty picture. Oof, scratch off that review. Did I use this scene? Oh, it’s chapter 20. I’ll have to come back to that. Hey. My sci-fi. Wow, that note is a name, but I know exactly what it references. Huh.

Agh, stop getting distracted. You’re on a mission.

Oh, come on. All that time trying to find this one notebook and what I need isn’t even in it…What did I do with my list?

Well, this is a super old notebook. It won’t be in here. You know what? I give up. I’ll start the list again somewhere else and try to remember where I put it this time.