guides are great because if your going on long journys or you want to draw something FF, all you need to do is flick them open. I gotta admit, when i was in Uni and i was travelling for two hours on the bus i would get withdrawls lol, and it helped sooth them by flicking open my guide and sooaking up all the FF goodness.
Dont be embaressed, theres things in every FF that tick us off, just enjoy them