Commonplace journal

I have a new obsession: commonplace books! source I accidentally stumbled upon them while researching Morning Pages. And I'm in love! What are commonplace books? I'm so happy that you asked! source A commonplace book is a personal compilation of knowledge, ideas, quotations, and observations collected by an individual. It is a notebook or journal where one gathers and organizes information from various sources for future reference and reflection. They are more like a database than a diary…

Why I’m ditching the bullet journal and turning to a zibaldone or commonplace book

Linda Jordan | Commonplace book // If you watched my 2024 line up video, you know that I decided to start a commonplace book as a separate journal. I… | Instagram

What is a commonplace book and how do you use one? This post contains the answers to these questions and has some helpful tips.

Nicole Barlettano on Instagram: "Keeping a “Commonplace Notebook” - have you done it? Keeping a commonplace book has been on my mind for awhile now, but not in the traditional way - I want to also integrate my own notes, words, feelings and collections in it as well. I was recently inspired to use a hobonichi cousin for this practice from @petite_gloom - we have something in common… the need to keep everything in ONE notebook (the dream) #commonplacebook #commonplacebooks #commonplacejournal…

3 years of quotes piling up and talking to each other

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september in my commonplace - my first month ever commonplacing!

A commonplace journal is not complicated and doesn’t need to be fancy. It is simply a place where notes and quotes from our reading are kept. The simpler we keep it, the better. Let me show you how basic commonplacing really can be. It appears I am the cheapskate of the group. I use college-ruled spiral notebooks that are about a dime each in August. I stock up on purple ones for me each year and other colors for the kids to use. Using a cheap notebook was the secret to overcoming paralyzing…