tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-148647148793397155.post1379166182200998675..comments2024-03-26T16:11:44.515-04:00Comments on All Things Ruffnerian, a Design Blog and More: Keeping a LogMark D. Ruffnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09241533547309049140noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-148647148793397155.post-20430866102217848672011-07-20T22:28:14.143-04:002011-07-20T22:28:14.143-04:00Thanks!Thanks!Mark D. Ruffnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09241533547309049140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-148647148793397155.post-17833760742271689662011-07-20T19:12:24.281-04:002011-07-20T19:12:24.281-04:00Hazelnut coffee sounds great, Mark. Now that you m...Hazelnut coffee sounds great, Mark. Now that you mention it, a study grant sounds like a great way to spend some time. :)<br /><br />The world needs a nice balance of Yvette types living in the moment and Mark types, organizing the moments.Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-148647148793397155.post-60319034324837438592011-07-20T12:36:47.289-04:002011-07-20T12:36:47.289-04:00Hi, Stefan - Discipline sounds sooo much like work...Hi, Stefan - Discipline sounds sooo much like work! This is an exercise I enjoy!Mark D. Ruffnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09241533547309049140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-148647148793397155.post-61705238427673840992011-07-20T11:13:19.686-04:002011-07-20T11:13:19.686-04:00such a great idea! i really should do this but I&#...such a great idea! i really should do this but I'm not as disciplined as you!ArchitectDesign™https://www.blogger.com/profile/01481754380363676771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-148647148793397155.post-28801269840221348112011-07-19T20:50:59.603-04:002011-07-19T20:50:59.603-04:00Hi, Yvette - I sense from visiting your site, that...Hi, Yvette - I sense from visiting your site, that you live very much in the moment, an attribute not well enough appreciated, and one to be valued above and beyond the organized mind. All too often organized people juggle the minutia of their lives, while the Yvettes of the world ... live.<br /><br />Like you, I prefer handwritten lists to a computer printout. Perhaps that's because the familiarity of our own handwriting better jogs the brain. We should get a big grant and study this further. Over lots of hazelnut coffee.Mark D. Ruffnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09241533547309049140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-148647148793397155.post-61040366865000602602011-07-19T17:55:09.595-04:002011-07-19T17:55:09.595-04:00I like the idea of the journals freeing you up. Ye...I like the idea of the journals freeing you up. Yes, I like that very much. I'm not nearly, not even remotely, as organized as you Mark. But I do like the idea of being organized. I like reading about people who are organized. I can see the value of it. But whenever I try it, it just seems to make things worse, I just don't think in an organized way. :(<br /><br />I have begun keeping a 'journal' of sorts. But only to list book titles and authors of books that I might like to read down the line. I like hand writing this list. Prefer it to a computer list.<br /><br />Maybe there's hope for me. :)Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-148647148793397155.post-19790672147414157742011-07-19T14:18:13.031-04:002011-07-19T14:18:13.031-04:00Mark! thanks I do appreciate that compliment. pgtMark! thanks I do appreciate that compliment. pgtP.Gaye Tapp at Little Auguryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15115534755711063462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-148647148793397155.post-24245369017296086022011-07-18T19:16:56.382-04:002011-07-18T19:16:56.382-04:00Hello Jane and Lance - In reading your comment I&#...Hello Jane and Lance - In reading your comment I'm stuck by how similar our routines might be. The only difference is that I am the housekeeper and maker of lists!<br /><br />I suppose that people who are not list makers think that such exercises are compulsive work, but I've always found that my lists free me of having to remember so much ...Mark D. Ruffnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09241533547309049140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-148647148793397155.post-54997046914186715412011-07-18T15:10:08.475-04:002011-07-18T15:10:08.475-04:00Hello Mark:
What a marvellous collection of journa...Hello Mark:<br />What a marvellous collection of journals, diaries, ledgers and notebooks and what a wonderful record of your life and the times in which you live they must be. Rather like a time capsule, they must be so interesting to return to from time to time just to notice differences or to recall particular events, people or places.<br /><br />Whilst working, we kept meticulous diaries of appointments and lists of things to do and now enjoy the freedom of not having to do any of this record keeping. However, we still keep a daily diary and our housekeeper is always making lists in order that everything concerned with the house is organised.Jane and Lance Hattatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16831890261259302647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-148647148793397155.post-39141051838273403012011-07-18T06:06:20.692-04:002011-07-18T06:06:20.692-04:00Hi, Theresa - I live by my appointment book, and I...Hi, Theresa - I live by my appointment book, and I have retained at least one college project, a booklet I made penned in blackletter, or "Old English."Mark D. Ruffnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09241533547309049140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-148647148793397155.post-71193637008408106872011-07-17T21:06:42.824-04:002011-07-17T21:06:42.824-04:00I still have a passion for paper and enjoy the rit...I still have a passion for paper and enjoy the ritual of writing. I carry a small address book in my purse and refer to it when needed. I only keep my yearly appt. book with client info and sometimes other major events that happen. I do love leather books with gilding! In college, we had to have a sketch book bound with our name in gold lettering. It was almost sacred to me...hard to live up to it ! Had to sketch in it daily!(of course, I still have it)Theresa Cheekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11429069123185290732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-148647148793397155.post-35274939520047230662011-07-17T09:59:15.783-04:002011-07-17T09:59:15.783-04:00Hi, Stacey - I'll just reiterate that I spend ...Hi, Stacey - I'll just reiterate that I spend no more than about five minutes an evening on my log, simply listing the days events and phone calls. By now it comes as second nature ...Mark D. Ruffnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09241533547309049140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-148647148793397155.post-13242259193638008542011-07-16T22:04:52.476-04:002011-07-16T22:04:52.476-04:00Wow - I'm so impressed with all of you who are...Wow - I'm so impressed with all of you who are so ambitious and organized to keep journals and logs. I'm afraid I'm happy if I just get through the mail (in my defense I do have a lot of people to keep track of)!quintessencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14484326999396839391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-148647148793397155.post-39150259716660006942011-07-16T21:33:31.872-04:002011-07-16T21:33:31.872-04:00Hi, Gaye - You get a special dispensation for all ...Hi, Gaye - You get a special dispensation for all the clever and prodigious postings you create!Mark D. Ruffnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09241533547309049140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-148647148793397155.post-35678515502725361472011-07-16T17:14:40.754-04:002011-07-16T17:14:40.754-04:00I so wish I had done this very thing- I have kept ...I so wish I had done this very thing- I have kept calenders for years holding appointments- little consultation on that. I kept detailed entries-not daily when my father was ill and I was responsible for his health. I go back through them occasionally, why I did not continue with this is I do not know, typical of me. I admire you for doing this !P.Gaye Tapp at Little Auguryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15115534755711063462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-148647148793397155.post-38580280369245293802011-07-16T16:03:26.456-04:002011-07-16T16:03:26.456-04:00Oh, I wish I could be this organized. For 25 years...Oh, I wish I could be this organized. For 25 years I've kept a daily journal, in the same handwritten format. I use soft cover student workbooks. Not perfect, but better than nothing.<br /><br />Sometimes I'll paste a tiny newsworthy clipped image or do tiny sketches, such as a full moon or when the most beautiful yellow goldfinch visited my birdbath yesterday. When I have a lot to write, I do it on the word processor and then glue it into the book.<br /><br />Interesting post, and I admire the crispness of your photos and illustrations.Square With Flairhttp://squarewithflair.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-148647148793397155.post-81190292840963140402011-07-16T12:54:39.917-04:002011-07-16T12:54:39.917-04:00Hi, Karena - I am sorry for your loss. I can imagi...Hi, Karena - I am sorry for your loss. I can imagine that keeping a diary through that period was probably one of the best things you could have done, a healing release.Mark D. Ruffnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09241533547309049140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-148647148793397155.post-16550450515753177152011-07-16T12:49:10.805-04:002011-07-16T12:49:10.805-04:00Hi, Gina - It's interesting that you say that....Hi, Gina - It's interesting that you say that. What's in our computer — which is to say what we put in — now has a life of its own. Some time back I was reading an article about companies that tidy up one's computer files and trails for heirs. Sort of like the "Computer Executor."Mark D. Ruffnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09241533547309049140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-148647148793397155.post-76444674160725698262011-07-16T12:42:03.150-04:002011-07-16T12:42:03.150-04:00Hi, Reggie - I feel the same way when throwing awa...Hi, Reggie - I feel the same way when throwing away older address books (now I just use a rolodex). There's something unsettling about disposing of items that chronicle parts of your life, as though you're negating bits and pieces of it. Unless, of course, you're really ready for a new beginning!Mark D. Ruffnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09241533547309049140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-148647148793397155.post-48803761421458482552011-07-16T09:00:15.375-04:002011-07-16T09:00:15.375-04:00Very efficient Mark. I did start keeping a journal...Very efficient Mark. I did start keeping a journal after I lost my late husband, and many times had entries filled with emotion pouring off the pages.<br /><br />xoxo<br />Karena<br /><br />Art by Karena<br /><br />Come and join my Giveaway of a very special painting!Karenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05206642885608991170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-148647148793397155.post-12854917820431751102011-07-16T08:41:45.351-04:002011-07-16T08:41:45.351-04:00Hello Mark, Amazing! I admire your skills in kee...Hello Mark, Amazing! I admire your skills in keeping your life so organized. I have never kept a diary of any kind...but wish I had. Now, my computer knows more about me than I do.Ginahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03429484235583035595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-148647148793397155.post-18864624115649149872011-07-16T08:16:58.253-04:002011-07-16T08:16:58.253-04:00I keep a daily telephone log at my office, in whic...I keep a daily telephone log at my office, in which I jot down numbers and notes, and occasionally doodle in when on conference calls. I used to buy expensive, leatherbound ones, with gilt edges, but several years ago succumbed to inexpensive, but still handsome ones from Staples. I regret that I tossed a dozen years of collected logs (leatherbound ones) when moving offices several years ago. Not so much do I regret no longer having access to their contents, but rather because the bindings were so handsome. What was I thinking?Reggie Darlinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04044215790585354363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-148647148793397155.post-68054976875981959102011-07-16T07:42:01.731-04:002011-07-16T07:42:01.731-04:00Hi, Rosemary - Thank you. I have found, as you dou...Hi, Rosemary - Thank you. I have found, as you doubtlessly have, that attending to communications as soon as possible results in less paperwork and eventual sorting.Mark D. Ruffnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09241533547309049140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-148647148793397155.post-85889384013666781192011-07-16T06:44:56.738-04:002011-07-16T06:44:56.738-04:00Mark I really admire your efficiency. Too many pe...Mark I really admire your efficiency. Too many people do not keep records and that often results in difficulties when trying to remember what has happened at various stages in their life. I am nothing like as methodical as you, but I do use a daily diary, keep a continuous account of financial transactions, and attend as soon as possible to communications.Rosemaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03814070177137076757noreply@blogger.com