My Sticky Note Map Adventure Started Here
Alright, so last Tuesday I totally blanked on where I parked my dang car after hiking. Again. Seriously, it’s like my brain just deletes parking spot info. Sick of wandering like an idiot, I figured, screw these fancy map apps that need 10 steps to save one spot. Time to try something stupid simple.
What Actually Happened (Step by Step)
Grabbed my sad, wrinkled paper map from the junk drawer first thing. You know the type – folds wrong every single time. Tore out a page with my neighborhood on it. Then found some nasty old sticky notes leftover from grocery lists stuck to the fridge. Yellow ones. Perfect.
My dumb plan? Stick those notes right ON the map where important places are. Like this:
- Tore off one sticky note, pressed it HARD over the stupid parking area I always forget near Oak Street. Wrote “CAR” with a shaky hand using my kid’s purple crayon. Classy.
- Found that killer taco truck that moves around? Slammed another sticky near Main & 5th. Scribbled “TACOS!!!” so big it covered half the street names.
- Dog park where my greyhound mix almost escaped? Yeah, stuck one there too. Drew a stick figure dog. Art skills zero.
Felt kinda ridiculous, ngl. But then – I actually remembered to snap photos of each marked spot with my phone camera. Just pointed, clicked. No opening apps, no typing crap. Just… done. Boom. Shoved the sticky-covered map back in the drawer.
Why It Didn’t Totally Suck
Fast forward to yesterday. Parked near Oak Street again. Instant panic mode: where is the car?! Opened my phone photos, scrolled like mad. Found that ugly purple “CAR” sticky note pic in like 8 seconds. Walked straight to it. Did a little dance right there on the sidewalk. Nobody saw, I hope.
Real talk – yeah, it’s janky as hell. The sticky notes fall off if you breathe wrong. Photo album gets messy fast if you don’t delete old shots. But dang, for pure speed when your brain’s fried? Unbeatable. Works offline too when your phone decides to be a brick. Try finding that in an app. Bet you can’t.
Sticking with this mess till something actually simpler shows up. Which knowing tech bros? Probably never.
