Tips on How to Use Your Memo-Pause^TM

by Kara Lennox, artist and founder of Memo-Pause

The Memo-Pause^TM is a great tool, but like any tool, it's not much help if you don't use it.  So here are my recommendations for how to make the best use of your new Memo-Pause^TM.

Wear it!  My biggest challenge was actually remembering to put it around my neck every day.  It's easiest if you make putting on your Memo-Pause^TM a part of your daily routine.  Hang it somewhere near your clothes (on a dresser knob, or the closet doorknob) and put it on in the morning the moment you are dressed.  Take it off only when you're getting ready for bed.

Or ... keep it near your bed.  Do you sometimes wake up in the night with a brainstorm, or a task you realize you need to perform the next day?  It's a cinch you won't remember it in the morning.  If you have your M-P by your bed, you'll capture the thought--and it will be stored in a place where you can actually retrieve it when you need it.

Write things down as soon as they occur to you.  When you see you're running low on bread or eggs, write it down that moment.  Delaying leads to forgetting.

Check the Memo-Pause^TM often.  Writing things down doesn't do any good if you never read them.  Check it thoroughly before leaving the house, so you don't forget a key errand.  I have a section

labeled "errands," and I plan out my route.  Knowing where to go, when, makes getting things done pleasurable, rather than stressful.  I also check mine whenever I sit down at the computer, because I often jot down websites I want to visit or e-mails I need to write.

Assemble a wardrobe of  Memo-Pauses^TM.  You can buy them in lots of different colors to go with all your outfits.  Then, just swap out the covers and/or the beaded necklace.  No need to transfer information from one notebook to another.

Tear out pages when you fill them up, so they don't get in the way.  When the pad starts to feel thin, add more pages from our convenient refill pack--wherever and however many you need.

Smile when you explain to people what you have around your neck.  People WILL ask.  Let the world know you do not embrace being absent-minded.  You're taking charge!  When your friends ask where you got it, send them to the website.  Or, if you're cagey, say you forgot!  (Then buy more Memo-Pauses^TM and give them as gifts to your covetous friends.)

Do you have more uses for the Memo-Pause^TM?  Ways you've found to make it an even more essential accessory?  E-mail them to me   If I like your tip, I'll add them to the article and give you credit.