It is really called common place book, but my heart prefers the word “journal”. Perhaps I associate the “journal” with “journey” and I love to travel and I also love to learn about people’s journey in life. I am no etymologist, but I should research if the two words are related at some point.
I first heard of a commonplace book maybe a year ago, but I don’t remember where. I quickly forgot about it. Then recently heard it mentioned for one split second in a video. I remembered I wanted to look into it. It has been around for hundreds of years. It is a place to collect inspiration. These days a lot of people use it for quotes. Thing is, there are no rules. Look it up on YouTube and you will be overwhelmed. Some even use a note card method. It can be poetry, recipes, art, or even things you find interesting in a scientific journal. The absolute best place to start learning about commonplace books is Wikipedia. Then you can delve into how people are doing them now. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonplace_book
Collecting quotes was never my thing, but I may start. I already put in a couple of poems. I will try doing a commonplace journal. It will have second purpose of trying different writing utensils and working on my handwriting. I am pretty happy with today’s entry. The brush pen was a pain. I had that set for eons. I don’t know if it is a bad set, or that they are old, or that I suck at brush pens. Maybe all of the above. I may at some point I may buy a new brush pen or two and look at tutorials on YouTube. For now it is far from a priority. I ended up using Pentel EnerGel Infree 0.5mm. Possibly my favorite pen I own. I just ordered a set with many different colors, but 0.7mm because the 0.5mm were sold out for now. I am sure I will like the 0.7mm just fine. I am using my Quo Vadis dot grid for the commonplace journal.
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