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Moleskine CrossOuts

Dear Everyone,

Heres my issue now...I love the moleskine...but what do I do when I have moved beyond the task...cross it out? I am not sure. I dont want to have to go back and review and see it, when its done, I want to have it done...and like Josiah Barltet be able to say...WHATS NEXT?

And I cannot figure out flickr for the life of me

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I cross out with a...

I cross out with a highlighter in some cheery color. When all actions on that page are either done or otherwise irrelevant, I mark a diagonal line through the entire page, so I just flip past it as I'm looking through the notebook.

 
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