One of my greatest challenges as a writer is capturing the ideas, the notes, the scenes, the perfect lines of dialogue that all seem to occur to me when I am NOT at my desk, but still in my home.
When I am out and about, I carry my Master Notebook everywhere.
But at home, I am not great about carrying it in and out of other rooms — and that’s a problem.
How am I supposed to keep my thoughts and inspirations and brilliant snippets of dialogue organized as I wander around my house? I can’t even remember why I wandered into those rooms in the first place!
I have tried all sorts of things to corral the madness.
Little notebooks all over the house – or texting myself – or emailing myself. But that just creates too many buckets for thoughts, and too many buckets means too many thoughts get lost.
You all get this, right?
ENTER:
The HOUSE PURSE.
I first learned what a house purse was at the end of last year, during the Coach bag madness conversations on Threads.
I love bags, and I was quickly influenced to buy four amazing Coach bags at even more amazing prices on Poshmark.
Yeah, that may be a bit much but Mom’s gotta get what Mom wants during the holidays and also I had just turned 50, so …
I bought four Coach bags on Poshmark.
Back over on Threads, I was enjoying scrolling all the lovely Coach bags other women were showing off, and then I saw someone say:
Sure, a Coach purse is great — but check out my HOUSE PURSE.
I was floored.
The writer shared that her house purse allowed her to tote her readers and her water bottle and her phone and whatever else she needed all over the house, so she wasn’t constantly looking for that stuff as she moved around.
UMM HELLO I NEEDED A HOUSE PURSE SO I ALWAYS HAVE MY MASTER NOTEBOOK WITH ME!
So I went shopping in my closet and pulled out a lovely bag I have never carried in the real world and turned it my extraordinary house purse.
Mine holds my water bottle, my phone, my retainer case, my master notebook, a pouch of pens and post-its, the novel I’m currently reading, and whatever I pick up in one room that needs to be put away in another.
It has changed my life.
Get yourself a house purse. It might just change yours.
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