

I’ll just stick a bright little note on my monitor so I don’t forget.”

“Oh, I need to remember to call so-and-so at 4pm today. Right? And thanks to that sticky attribute, this is what happens: The fact that they have the adhesive backing just makes them seem so much more useful than a plain, old, notepad or notebook. Sticky notes were truly one of the greatest inventions of all time.Īnd now that they come in so many glorious shapes, sizes, colors, and patterns – well, they are pretty impossible to resist. Is there anything to control sticky notes? I tried using my “Do This” list, but it becomes a real mess. When I think of something, I put it on a sticky-note instead of taking action right away.

A few days ago, our reader Linda (aka “Exhausted Linda”) submitted the following question to the Buttoned Up team:
