Yes, Pinterest can make time disappear. However, so can many other pursuits.
Pinterest offered a couple of benefits.
*I learned to manage my time when I visit. I allow myself to pin 15 items, and then I'm done. This keeps me from losing hours.
*I used to save links to pictures and articles in email drafts. The problem was that I had trouble finding some of them later. Enter Pinterest. Now, I'm able to save pictures and articles to particular boards. I didn't create boards for particular stories, at first. I was so excited when I figured out I could pin inspiration to particular story boards. Sometimes, as I'm writing, I'll open the accompanying board to help me describe particular places or things.
Added Bonuses:
*Sometimes, I need inspiration or a break.
*Sometimes, I'm looking for something particular. For example, I wanted an example of the MacDonald tartan for Secondhand Samhain. Yep, others have pinned it.
*Sometimes, I browse cookbooks like others browse magazines. I enjoy cooking and experimenting with food and recipes. I actually do try some of the recipes I pin. Some of the recipes have been good enough to keep. In order to make it easy to find them again, I have a board for pins I've tried.
Granted, many of the pins I'll never look at again. This does not diminish the value of a moment of inspiration, a smile, a laugh, a moment of awe, the birth of a dream, even a small one.
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This is interesting as a reason for using Pinterest. I have seen some nice things there, but as I don't have an account, I can't really look at them properly. I use Evernote in a similar way, for collecting links and articles and pictures into various folders. It's really nice to have a place to save those things you know you will want again later, for memories sake or for inspiration! I feel like I should check out Pinterest a bit further, though... :)
ReplyDeleteI've heard of Evernote but never used it. Pinterest it what you make of it, like most things. :-)
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