Index Catalog Notebook

Every object has a story...

The challenge is remembering where that story lives.

In this video, I share the missing link that connects my journals, travel finds, natural specimens, and collected artifacts: my Index Catalog Notebook.

Inspired by the cataloging methods used by naturalists, archaeologists, museum curators, and field researchers, this notebook acts as a personal search engine for my collection. Every shell, stone, specimen, souvenir, or curiosity receives a unique reference number that connects it back to the journal entry where its story was recorded.

Without a system, collections can slowly lose their context. With a catalog, each object becomes part of a larger narrative web of places visited, discoveries made, and moments worth remembering.