When I saw that Coudal had finally launched their Field Notes Brand websites I immediately ordered a pack of 3 field notes. Not that I needed them but I like hoarding notebooks, I have several Moleskines lying around or being used as an occasional diary, or to jot down some ideas once in a while.
So I had those Field Notes lying around waiting to be put to use. When I was released last week from the hospital I was told I have to keep track of my temp, weight and blood pressure daily and take them with me to each doctors visit which right now is twice a week.
So I decided to use the graph paper Field Notes, I drew a table to keep all data nicely organized. I even drew a red cross on the cover to be able to identify the notebook right away. Don’t pay attention to the bad drawing, I have shaky hands from all medications I’m taking.
So now each time I’ll be flipping out a cool vintage notebook while at the doctors office to show my medical data. I even like using the black bic pen you get with the notebooks even though I like using quality pens, but with shaky hand writing with a fountain pen is almost impossible.
I’m now thinking about hacking the notebook to add a Moleskine like back pocket to keep cards in it with questions for the doctor. I even want to buy a nice colored carton paper, cut it up and glue it on the inside of the back cover. Just have get somebody go buy the supplies for me.
Another time I’ll write about how the iPhone is my second half, especially when staying at the hospital with no computer.
