Hot take: I just realized I was marking my book pages wrong for 20 years

Last week at my book club meeting, I mentioned how I dog-ear every page I want to come back to. My friend Jenny just stared at me and said, "You know there's a thing called sticky notes, right?" I honestly never thought about it. Now I feel like an old timer who just discovered email. Has anyone else had a moment where a small change like this totally flipped how you read?

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lilykelly13d ago

Yeah, that "dog-earing is quick and doesn't cost anything" part really hit me. I used to do the same thing for years, just folding the corner down, and honestly it worked fine until I tried to find a specific quote in a cookbook and realized I'd dog-eared like 60 pages and had no clue which one had the good chili recipe. Sticky notes are a game changer but only if you actually commit to them. I bought a big pack of those little page flags and now I just stick one on the edge and write a tiny note like "good part" or "this recipe" so I can actually find stuff later. It took me about two weeks to get used to it though, I kept reaching for the corner out of habit.

ellis.mia13d ago

Oh wow, I gotta push back a little on that one. Dog-earing is not the same as marking a page with sticky notes. Dog-earing is quick and doesn't cost anything, sticky notes can fall off and leave residue. Your way was fine, it's just a different method. Did Jenny actually say you were doing it wrong, or was she just surprised you didn't use the other way?

felix_lane9913d ago

But hang on, if Jenny saw you do it and didn't say anything until hours later, that's kind of weird too. Was she actually trying to start a fight or did she just have a specific preference she wanted to share? What exactly did she say when she finally brought it up?