ext_38850 ([identity profile] easterbunny.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] elvum 2007-12-09 05:53 pm (UTC)

Since I keep a paper diary, I get one with an address section and use that for physical addresses. I copy all of the addresses over from my old diary to the new one on the plane / train / tram ride to wherever we end up for New Year's Eve.

Cons:
  1. It's a pain in the ass.

Pros:
  1. Each year I can review the addresses I keep - full addresses for family / farflung friends, phone details for doctor / cat minder / hair salon (the really important stuff); unlike my old paper address book, I don't have half of it filled up by people I went to summer camp with 15 years ago.
  2. If I know someone has moved recently, I can verify their address with a minimal trawl through email. Also a bonus over my old address book since I don't have 12 crossed out or scrubbed out addresses for the same person
  3. I always have my paper diary with me, so I can address postcards / Christmas cards / thank you notes on a train.


I could use a mobile phone for the above functionality, but I hate my phone and rarely know where it is or if it's charged. The paper diary works for me.

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