Just start. You're totally free in your notebook, no rules, no right way. And personally the page I first think are "ruined" always ALWAYS end up being my favourite page ! There can be so much beauty in chaos ♡
This really helps, people! When I switched to one scrappy notebook to just throw everything in, my life changed. It took the pressure off of it having to be pretty and to have separate notebooks for each topic. It's a place to scribble and to let perfectionism stand aside for a while. I use thin, cheap notebooks and everytime I filled one, I go through everything that is still relevant (quotes, recipes, lists, etc) and mark it. This then goes into a pretty notebook, a kind of encyclopedia of my journey. Then in the end of the year I gather all the individual notebooks into one big book, and voilà, there's my pretty diary of the last year! No fuss and highly adaptable!
@@biglaundry5046 If you can, download the Google drive app and store the big stuff there and delete the app when you need to! Wish I had thought of it sooner-- good luck!
Fun historical fact: Commonplace books were used by monks during the early Renaissance. They would categorize the quotes and scriptures to make them easier to find later. Encyclopedias wouldn't really come along to replace them until much later. So basically commonplace books were the first Google.
Oh kool! Thanks for that. Monks also make Mead. Hhhmmmm, wonder if they sip it whilst jotting in their Commonplace Book? (She queried with a British accent).
I know right!! Sometimes when i click in a youtube video and someone starts speaking like HI GUYS WELCOME BACK TO MY RUclips CHANNEL TODAY i immediately quit it hahahahaha
The original Pinterest. Finally! A NAME for my fav hobby. Saving quotes, songs,ideas, revelations and inspirations.thankyou so much for this! The name sounds so final and sound. Balm to my confused mind.
I'm starting one now, with the first page saying: "We're taking in so much information that it's all useless unless we figure out a way to sift through it and keep what's really important"
My school had me start commonplacing in 6th grade, and now I do it on my own time, and I think it's such a lovely way to record beautiful things! I just think it's so wonderful that you are spreading awareness about it!
Omg this reminds me of 2007-2008 back when my cousin passed away suddenly and I just COULD NOT deal with it, being the first major death I've gone through of someone I was close with. I grew up in a family that wasn't straightforwardly affectionate and felt like I had nobody to talk about everything that was going on in my mind. Instinctively, I started journaling in this notebook instead - pretty much filling it with the kind of stuff this video talks about and it honestly helped so much with my mental health for months after that. Sounds so dramatic but I believe I wouldn't have coped if 13 year old me didn't have my little commonplace notebook to start with.
I love this idea of a commonplace book! I normally take pictures of inspiring quotes and sentences I come across, but I don't like to look at them digitally. I have room left in my bujo so I think I'll incorporate a commonplace book in it. Thanks!! 😄🌿🌷
There's this cute af notebook I have that I've been dying to use for months. But I told myself there was no good reason to take it out and ruin it since I already actively use two million diaries and journals. So thank you for this video. I'm taking the said notebook out right now and setting it up as my commonplace book. Funnily enough, I sorely need one but never realised. ❤️
May I know why? I've seen the movie but I never read the books and I saw the movie too long ago to know why you said what you said. I'm just asking out of curiosity. You don't have to answer if you don't feel like it. It's all good. 👍
I started to write quotes that “spoke” to me (from books, medium articles, etc) and my thoughts of them in a notebook and now that book is the most prized possession of mine. It really shows my growth of thinking.
I keep a list in my notes titled “One for the books” and write in a moment that happened (I typically use this for humor) and I lay It out as if It was a play. It always brings me back to the exact moment that It happened. :)
My Women's Literature teacher this past semester had us keep a commonplace book throughout the class of quotes we loved from our assigned readings - it was really amazing!
This is exactly what I did with my composition notebooks in middle school. I would write down poetry I liked, lines from books I read, song lyrics, quotes I found online, things my friends said to me, occasionally I would write my own little stories or poems. The two notebooks I kept during my 7th grade year are still my favorite to this day ❤️
the way you described/explained why so many of us have an overabundance of notebooks was so beautifully said; i think it's really true! I see a gorgeous notebook and i get it while thinking of all the things i could fill it with (only problem is that i often dont get to it bc of all the others LOL)
I had no idea this was a thing with a name because it's something I've done for decades. It's why I have so many notebooks I simply feel compelled to have a record of everything that interests me from books, music to quotes and everything in between. I really love that it's an old tradition with such a sweet simple name. Thank you for sharing this.
Jordan: write down quotes or song lyircs into it Me:*has been doing that in my phone notebook* Me:*opens drawr and glanes at my 8 empty notebooks* Me:... Me: oooooOOOOOOOOOOH. oops.
I have sensitivity to loud sounds, and I just want to say I truly appreciate you speaking softly in this video. Some people are positively shouting in theirs.
Glad to know I’m not the only one who has a million notebooks and each one holds so many different things. I’ve definitely got a common place notebook. Even though I never knew it was called that until now. I’ve got notebooks with favorite recipes and notebooks with knitting patterns written in it, I recently bought two hard back notebooks because I want to write a book, one for random ideas and brainstorming and the other for the actual book lol.
i’m the type of person who has always treated my books with so much care i never bend the pages and never write or highlight anything this is literally the best video i could have seen
I'm glad I finally listened to the Universe and watched this video 😁 it just would not leave my recs and I was in a bad spot so I clicked on it. Thank you
I used to (and still do) have BOXES of journals that I've built up since middle school. I'm 27 now and over the past few years I've gone through and typed out the more notable pages into my OneNote notebook so that I can free up space in my bedroom. My Nomatic journal, which is a really great brand of journals I suggest you look up of you journal/commonplace write a lot, is full of typical commonplace type notes and color-coded post-it flags for important pages. I've gotten into decorating pages a while back, but I steered away from it. Your pages are *beautiful*!
But you are not getting rid of your physical notebooks, are you? 😨 Just re-homing them, right? I know there is only so much space in our living quarters, but there's something unexplainably special about the actual books. ☺
Wow, this is so refreshing..... I love these ideas. I love what she said, "We are Collecter of ideas " I love this, that is how I feel about my journals.
Wow! You JUST inspired me! Thank you so much! I’ve chosen to use August as my month to heal from so many things. I’ve decided to “unplug” from social media, text messages, phone calls so I can just use this time for myself that I have neglected for so long. It’s been a few days and I’m already feeling it helping. I love to write and I am a poet and this “Commonplace Notebook” idea sounds like heaven to me during this time. Thank you so much!!!
I love the way you encourage us to make an art book which is only belong to us.Whenever I watch your videos, I remember that: Everyone has a different beauty and specific interests for making his/her own journal. Thank you Jordan, stay with love
I was just looking into the idea of commonplace books last week, as I was reminded of them by my favourite book - A Series of Unfortunate Events. Thank you sooo much for this!! I’m going to start mine in a few weeks :)
Thank you so much for this video!! I’m definitely thinking about starting one! I have a bunch of notebooks already though, but none that’s like this. They’re more focused on task management, appointments & journaling, but none that are like this where I can capture the small bits & pieces of information I gather. All good quotes & such are just written here & there in all the different notebooks 😅🙈
I saw the title of this video and I was like ‘oh god what is she gonna make me create now?!’ Aaaaand I’m about to make my own common place notebook. It’s so true, I hear and read so many inspiring things all the time and never get around to keeping them somewhere, I don’t know why I didn’t think of this. It’s gonna be so good to note them down and look back at. Thankyou for your inspiration once again xxxx
wow you’ve inspired me so much with this!!! I immediately shuffled through my drawer and found a notebook that’s just sitting empty. also, your voice is so relaxing and beautiful to listen to, this video just melted me whole. thank you!
You are so right, I have a bunch of sticky notes and scrap pieces of paper lying around of great quotes- and they end up getting lost when I need to read them the most. Love your aesthetic! ✨
If anyone wants really pretty notebooks, PaperBlanks make absolutely gorgeous hardback ones based on old antique designs. They're expensive, but absolutely stunning; a real joy to own. I use them to write down poems and other snippets from literature that grab my imagination.
Thank you, nice job explaining the concept! I've been doing this for some time now. I collect quotes, affirmations, ideas, dreams, books I've read, books I'd like to read, movies I want to see, places I'd like to visit, design ideas for my Etsy sticker shop, etc😊
This is a really cool idea. I always have random quotes scribbled on all sorts of notebooks and paper scraps, but I can never really look back at them all at once cause they're all over the place.
My commonplace book is a binder. I use any kind of paper , watercolour for daily ideas, graph paper for my brain that needs to organize 😉😘, lined paper for longer thoughts, just whatever you need, just three hole it and go. Hugs. I am 70 now and this started in my teens.
I think we can learn so much about ourselves by the things that go in our common place notebooks. A moment of reflections to see deep in our heart. Often times we over look our very own self worth to the world. We are trapped to think everyone thinks the way we do, everyone is drawn to the things we like. And that’s just not true. What we collect is who we are, we must remember to sharing this with the world, shine!!
This is exactly what I need! I have started so many diaries and tried to keep up a bullet journal, but it wasn't really what I was looking for. I have so many quotes highlighted in books on my shelves, and even books I consider my favorites, that have been forgotten. Then there are times where I get a stroke of inspiration from a few words or a piece of art that I would just love to carry with me. I am so glad I found this:)
IN LOVE with this idea! Yep I have about 30 notebooks and the new ones I don't like to use, it's like I'm waiting for something to happen for me to use them 🤣
I started one 3 years ago and I still have it. I'm working on it right now. The funny thing is that I didn't know what kind of notebook is, I just kept it. Sometimes I draw in it too. Thanks for illuminating my mind!!!
here for the aesthetic and warm feelings this video brings ^.^ EDIT: after watching this, i need to start a commonplace journal. thank you so much for these lovely ideas!
So, Jordan, I’m developing pretty bad anxiety and a temper. The only things that relax me are abusing substances, sleeping, and how calming your voice is. Thanks for posting. I needed this. I was just about to break a whole in my wall 🙂
Your video really inspired me to start a commonplace book! You opened my eyes that we as a society receive soo much useless information on a daily... But this video was not useless at all.Thank you
I not knowingly have notebooks that would match this concept but with doodles and drawings in it as well. I didn’t know that this very concept also has a name 🙈 and still I LOVE your voice.
This is what I need. I currently have a journal/sketchbook where I've also written and taped quotes, lyrics etc. Having a commonplace book ensures that those gems will not get buried. Thank you!!
I love it! I have this book lying around for probably a year and since I have so many, didn't know what to do with it, until today. I'm starting my commonplace notebook tomorrow. Thank you.
I LOVE THIS IDEA OMG I've been just storing quotes / inspiring ideas in random note apps on my phone and computer, in my photo albums, and in assorted journals. All over the place, basically. Never thought about combining them into one location, but now honestly I can't believe I never did! This is brilliant! Thank you so much for sharing this
Beautiful pages! I wish wonderful journaling moments to everyone here. Don’t worry about messing up the journal; it’s paper. It loves you, love it back!
I always read / hear amazing and inspiring quotes but I never really found a place to save them : but a commonplace book looks like the PERFECT idea to collect all of them ❤️ thanks for the inspo !
Beautiful, I keep a journal about my daily life. And I just luv writing down quotes and lyrics , i even make up my own. This is the kinda thing I love doing.
I’ve remained subscribed for over a year now, but the past 6 months i haven’t really watched your videos. It’s so incredible to come back to your channel and see how much you have evolved in editing and style in such a short period of time! You’re amazing💙
Your voice is really soothing 💕 I’ve always done this on random scraps of paper I’ve kept in a binder over the years. But this is so much more organized without having to be stressed about being organized. I love it
I'm now a mom of two, aged 2 years and 5 months, and I have not kept up with my creative outlets like this one! I miss it! Beautiful and encouraging. ☺
ive been having this kind of book for years oh my esp. when i am through reading a book i write all the amazing quotes that hit me or i can relate or when a friend say something noteworthy in between our coffee dates and wow i never knew it's called a commonplace book. thank you so much jordan 💕✨
I have so many notebooks and journals I need to put to use. I just always hesitate because I don't want to accidentally "ruin" a page. Sigh lol.
Just start. You're totally free in your notebook, no rules, no right way. And personally the page I first think are "ruined" always ALWAYS end up being my favourite page ! There can be so much beauty in chaos ♡
Raven thank you! And that's really nice that they turn out to be your favorite page. There's always beauty to be found💜
Oh my gosh I know the feeling! And then I keep buying them forgetting them I get so nervous about perfection haha
Me too 😂🤦🏼
Sammee~~
I never heard the term "common place book" I guess I've always had one 😊
Dezzychuuu me too! Just didn’t have a name for it before this video
This whole time I've could've had a name for it?!
same
Yea... me too
the very term common place book was used in a series of unfortunate events
Normal people: commonplace book
Me, an intellectual: paper Pinterest
Beyond My Thoughts yesss 😂
Same
Me, a genius: Second Brain with Notion
Mind blown 🤯
PAPER PINTEREST OMFG
"bad drawings"
YEAH RIGHT I DONT BELIEVE YOU
monbebe! ❤️ that pic of kihyun 😔❤️
@@ell6879 UwU I'm a min stan but this picture swerved me into being a kibebe
YEAH I DO BELIEVE YOU, THEY ARE TERRIBLE DRAWINGS. EVEN THIS IS BETTER ->
Monbebe here too :)
@@mafe7936 monbebes unite!!!!
This really helps, people! When I switched to one scrappy notebook to just throw everything in, my life changed. It took the pressure off of it having to be pretty and to have separate notebooks for each topic. It's a place to scribble and to let perfectionism stand aside for a while. I use thin, cheap notebooks and everytime I filled one, I go through everything that is still relevant (quotes, recipes, lists, etc) and mark it. This then goes into a pretty notebook, a kind of encyclopedia of my journey. Then in the end of the year I gather all the individual notebooks into one big book, and voilà, there's my pretty diary of the last year! No fuss and highly adaptable!
That sounds like a really great idea, I'll try it!
@@nicoalbarn Have fun! 📖
I thought to myself what do you do when you fill up a journal. So this is a good idea. Compile them all into one.
I did the exact same thing but I just can't get myself to sort through it and rewrite the good stuff 😭
That's a super great idea.
Apparently I’ve been doing this my whole life and just didn’t know it was a thing lol
same here, even though I've been doing this for less than a year
Same dude
Same here! !!
Lol same but mine did not look that aesthetic
Same ! I’ve also been collecting funny quotes my friends and family say over the years 😂😂
I keep quotes and lyrics in the notes on my phone but the idea of moving them and continuing them in a lovely little notebook makes it more special
Transfer them to your notebook! My phone died on me last year and I hadn't backed it up, so I lost everything :(
Emily F I haven’t had the storage to back up my phone in a while so I for sure will. I don’t want to lose everything
@@biglaundry5046 If you can, download the Google drive app and store the big stuff there and delete the app when you need to! Wish I had thought of it sooner-- good luck!
Emily F thank you so much! Good luck to you too
Haha me too
Fun historical fact:
Commonplace books were used by monks during the early Renaissance. They would categorize the quotes and scriptures to make them easier to find later. Encyclopedias wouldn't really come along to replace them until much later. So basically commonplace books were the first Google.
Hello Hannah! How are you doing and where are you from?
Oh kool! Thanks for that. Monks also make Mead. Hhhmmmm, wonder if they sip it whilst jotting in their Commonplace Book? (She queried with a British accent).
Thank you for that info!!
Thanks for the information!
Thank you for sharing. I love little facts about things that aren't well known. That is so interesting.
nobody:
jordan clark: you should start a commonplace book
me: *IS DOING IT*
michellaacc SAME! 😂
Wow this is refreshing to watch. Someone speaking in a normal tone of voice, no exaggerated affect or loud obnoxious voice, and not hyper ☺
Is this a jab at my girl JoJo Siwa?? 😂
(JK but for real,,, an icon)
I literally subscribed just because of her voice🤣
@@jomariechambers5445 me too!
I know right!! Sometimes when i click in a youtube video and someone starts speaking like HI GUYS WELCOME BACK TO MY RUclips CHANNEL TODAY i immediately quit it hahahahaha
That is why she is my favorite RUclipsr.
Omg I never heard anyone explain why we hoard notebooks in such perfect way.
The original Pinterest. Finally! A NAME for my fav hobby. Saving quotes, songs,ideas, revelations and inspirations.thankyou so much for this! The name sounds so final and sound. Balm to my confused mind.
Yes! I didn't know it had a specific term! I tend to write my dreams down as well.
I do this all the time but didnt think to put it all in one notebook !
“Balm to my confused mind.” Love that!
It is so easy to forget being creative and when I watch your videos I notice how much I miss it. You give me inspiration again, so thank you
I'm so happy my videos inspire you, thank you for watching!! 💕
That's a pretty name you have
Has anyone told you that you look a bit like Pam from the office?
Hadeel Elshak that’s what I thought!!
First thing that came to my mind when I saw her
She even IS a bit like Pam!
My first thought too!
And Pam is an artist!
jordan everything you do is so beautiful and aesthetic 😩😍 i don't know how you do it
you should do a flip-through of your commonplace book! it would be so interesting and inspiring
She literally looks like a new version of Mona Lisa
vellichrxx Tæ omg she kinda does!
But with eyebrows
I'm starting one now, with the first page saying: "We're taking in so much information that it's all useless unless we figure out a way to sift through it and keep what's really important"
"we're collectors of ideas and plans" amen!
My school had me start commonplacing in 6th grade, and now I do it on my own time, and I think it's such a lovely way to record beautiful things! I just think it's so wonderful that you are spreading awareness about it!
I guess I've always had a "common place" book. My mind is always running 24/7 and I tend to be forgetful so I write things down a lot.😊
Omg this reminds me of 2007-2008 back when my cousin passed away suddenly and I just COULD NOT deal with it, being the first major death I've gone through of someone I was close with. I grew up in a family that wasn't straightforwardly affectionate and felt like I had nobody to talk about everything that was going on in my mind. Instinctively, I started journaling in this notebook instead - pretty much filling it with the kind of stuff this video talks about and it honestly helped so much with my mental health for months after that. Sounds so dramatic but I believe I wouldn't have coped if 13 year old me didn't have my little commonplace notebook to start with.
Now I can be Klaus Baudelaire.
Right lol
Eyyyyyyyyyyy
Same here
yess
Yesssss that’s what I was thinking
I love this idea of a commonplace book! I normally take pictures of inspiring quotes and sentences I come across, but I don't like to look at them digitally. I have room left in my bujo so I think I'll incorporate a commonplace book in it. Thanks!! 😄🌿🌷
There's this cute af notebook I have that I've been dying to use for months. But I told myself there was no good reason to take it out and ruin it since I already actively use two million diaries and journals.
So thank you for this video. I'm taking the said notebook out right now and setting it up as my commonplace book. Funnily enough, I sorely need one but never realised. ❤️
The way you said about us collecting notebooks, got to me. I can finally describe them. Thank you!
I started a commonplace book because of the series of unfortunate events books 😂 anyone else?
I love this!
this was my first thought!
Me too!!
May I know why? I've seen the movie but I never read the books and I saw the movie too long ago to know why you said what you said. I'm just asking out of curiosity. You don't have to answer if you don't feel like it. It's all good. 👍
@@gel990 it's a big thing in the books.
I started to write quotes that “spoke” to me (from books, medium articles, etc) and my thoughts of them in a notebook and now that book is the most prized possession of mine. It really shows my growth of thinking.
I keep a list in my notes titled “One for the books” and write in a moment that happened (I typically use this for humor) and I lay It out as if It was a play. It always brings me back to the exact moment that It happened. :)
My Women's Literature teacher this past semester had us keep a commonplace book throughout the class of quotes we loved from our assigned readings - it was really amazing!
This is exactly what I did with my composition notebooks in middle school. I would write down poetry I liked, lines from books I read, song lyrics, quotes I found online, things my friends said to me, occasionally I would write my own little stories or poems. The two notebooks I kept during my 7th grade year are still my favorite to this day ❤️
You are one of the legit people in RUclips, sharing who you are. This world needs more honesty and individuality. You are an aesthetic.
Jordan! Thank you for posting again. I love watching you and I missed you. You look so amazing.
Aww thank you so much lovely, I'm happy to be back!! 💕
Honestly no matter where you pause could be an amazing screenshot. Incredible.
the way you described/explained why so many of us have an overabundance of notebooks was so beautifully said; i think it's really true! I see a gorgeous notebook and i get it while thinking of all the things i could fill it with (only problem is that i often dont get to it bc of all the others LOL)
I had no idea this was a thing with a name because it's something I've done for decades. It's why I have so many notebooks I simply feel compelled to have a record of everything that interests me from books, music to quotes and everything in between. I really love that it's an old tradition with such a sweet simple name. Thank you for sharing this.
Jordan: write down quotes or song lyircs into it
Me:*has been doing that in my phone notebook*
Me:*opens drawr and glanes at my 8 empty notebooks*
Me:...
Me: oooooOOOOOOOOOOH. oops.
I have sensitivity to loud sounds, and I just want to say I truly appreciate you speaking softly in this video. Some people are positively shouting in theirs.
Glad to know I’m not the only one who has a million notebooks and each one holds so many different things. I’ve definitely got a common place notebook. Even though I never knew it was called that until now. I’ve got notebooks with favorite recipes and notebooks with knitting patterns written in it, I recently bought two hard back notebooks because I want to write a book, one for random ideas and brainstorming and the other for the actual book lol.
You speak so calmly. Its so nice to hear your voice. Its soothing
I first heard about commonplace books from A Series of Unfortunate Events :')
I was expecting the comment section to be full of aSoUS. I was sorely disappointed
@@shayleeoloughlin5135 same lol it's the only thing I think about when I hear 'commonplace book'
SAME from Duncan and Isadora Quagmire
@@shayleeoloughlin5135 same
i’m the type of person who has always treated my books with so much care i never bend the pages and never write or highlight anything
this is literally the best video i could have seen
I'm glad I finally listened to the Universe and watched this video 😁 it just would not leave my recs and I was in a bad spot so I clicked on it. Thank you
I used to (and still do) have BOXES of journals that I've built up since middle school. I'm 27 now and over the past few years I've gone through and typed out the more notable pages into my OneNote notebook so that I can free up space in my bedroom.
My Nomatic journal, which is a really great brand of journals I suggest you look up of you journal/commonplace write a lot, is full of typical commonplace type notes and color-coded post-it flags for important pages. I've gotten into decorating pages a while back, but I steered away from it. Your pages are *beautiful*!
But you are not getting rid of your physical notebooks, are you? 😨 Just re-homing them, right? I know there is only so much space in our living quarters, but there's something unexplainably special about the actual books. ☺
My mother gets mad all the time when I get home and sees me having a new notebook to add in my collection lol
Smile that sound nice, Hi Azaliah ! How are you doing and where are you chatting from?
😔
Wow, this is so refreshing..... I love these ideas. I love what she said, "We are Collecter of ideas " I love this, that is how I feel about my journals.
Everything about you, from your handwriting to your face to your aesthetic, is beautiful
Wow! You JUST inspired me! Thank you so much! I’ve chosen to use August as my month to heal from so many things. I’ve decided to “unplug” from social media, text messages, phone calls so I can just use this time for myself that I have neglected for so long. It’s been a few days and I’m already feeling it helping. I love to write and I am a poet and this “Commonplace Notebook” idea sounds like heaven to me during this time. Thank you so much!!!
UNDERRATED AESTHETIC QUEEN
I love the way you encourage us to make an art book which is only belong to us.Whenever I watch your videos, I remember that: Everyone has a different beauty and specific interests for making his/her own journal. Thank you Jordan, stay with love
i love using commonplace books because they help me so much
my school hands these out to every student!! reading the hilarious memories at the end of the year, the thoughts, the emotions?? it’s priceless.
I was just looking into the idea of commonplace books last week, as I was reminded of them by my favourite book - A Series of Unfortunate Events. Thank you sooo much for this!! I’m going to start mine in a few weeks :)
Thank you so much for this video!! I’m definitely thinking about starting one! I have a bunch of notebooks already though, but none that’s like this. They’re more focused on task management, appointments & journaling, but none that are like this where I can capture the small bits & pieces of information I gather. All good quotes & such are just written here & there in all the different notebooks 😅🙈
*Who else always gets so inspired by everything she does?* 💓💓
Love from another diy youtuber🌹
I saw the title of this video and I was like ‘oh god what is she gonna make me create now?!’ Aaaaand I’m about to make my own common place notebook. It’s so true, I hear and read so many inspiring things all the time and never get around to keeping them somewhere, I don’t know why I didn’t think of this. It’s gonna be so good to note them down and look back at. Thankyou for your inspiration once again xxxx
"bad drawings"
are you sure about that
Bri Cheeze ikr like mine are bad drawings, it’s just blobs, but this girl could illustrate a scientific journal.
@@elenagibbons4719 i knoww she's so good at it ;-;
wow you’ve inspired me so much with this!!! I immediately shuffled through my drawer and found a notebook that’s just sitting empty. also, your voice is so relaxing and beautiful to listen to, this video just melted me whole. thank you!
It's amazing to me, how you make even a commonplace notebook, extraordinary. 💖
You are so right, I have a bunch of sticky notes and scrap pieces of paper lying around of great quotes- and they end up getting lost when I need to read them the most. Love your aesthetic! ✨
That intro was everything 😫
If anyone wants really pretty notebooks, PaperBlanks make absolutely gorgeous hardback ones based on old antique designs. They're expensive, but absolutely stunning; a real joy to own. I use them to write down poems and other snippets from literature that grab my imagination.
20 secs in: why am I crying, your voice is so flipping relaxing
Hello Kristin ! How are you doing and where are you chatting from?
Thank you, nice job explaining the concept! I've been doing this for some time now. I collect quotes, affirmations, ideas, dreams, books I've read, books I'd like to read, movies I want to see, places I'd like to visit, design ideas for my Etsy sticker shop, etc😊
Hello Cynthia ! How are you doing and where are you chatting from? I think it’s an inspiration and historical video . Very nice 👍
This is a really cool idea. I always have random quotes scribbled on all sorts of notebooks and paper scraps, but I can never really look back at them all at once cause they're all over the place.
My commonplace book is a binder. I use any kind of paper , watercolour for daily ideas, graph paper for my brain that needs to organize 😉😘, lined paper for longer thoughts, just whatever you need, just three hole it and go. Hugs. I am 70 now and this started in my teens.
Ah, notebooks and journals! 💕📚📓📒📖🖋✒✏📝Yes, I have a lot of them too! This is a great idea. Thanks!
I think we can learn so much about ourselves by the things that go in our common place notebooks. A moment of reflections to see deep in our heart. Often times we over look our very own self worth to the world. We are trapped to think everyone thinks the way we do, everyone is drawn to the things we like. And that’s just not true. What we collect is who we are, we must remember to sharing this with the world, shine!!
Beautiful words, and so true! Thanks for sharing 💕
whaaattt i've been doing this for 3 years now i didn't know "commonplace" is what it's called thank you for this video!
i really love your aesthetic
This is exactly what I need! I have started so many diaries and tried to keep up a bullet journal, but it wasn't really what I was looking for. I have so many quotes highlighted in books on my shelves, and even books I consider my favorites, that have been forgotten. Then there are times where I get a stroke of inspiration from a few words or a piece of art that I would just love to carry with me. I am so glad I found this:)
IN LOVE with this idea! Yep I have about 30 notebooks and the new ones I don't like to use, it's like I'm waiting for something to happen for me to use them 🤣
I started one 3 years ago and I still have it. I'm working on it right now. The funny thing is that I didn't know what kind of notebook is, I just kept it. Sometimes I draw in it too. Thanks for illuminating my mind!!!
here for the aesthetic and warm feelings this video brings ^.^ EDIT: after watching this, i need to start a commonplace journal. thank you so much for these lovely ideas!
So, Jordan, I’m developing pretty bad anxiety and a temper. The only things that relax me are abusing substances, sleeping, and how calming your voice is. Thanks for posting. I needed this. I was just about to break a whole in my wall 🙂
I found the LIVING BREATHING definition if aesthetic 😍
I'm so glad you did this video! I started looking into a commonplace notebook a few days ago, so this was a pleasant surprise!!
I've always had one of these, but I never knew that they were called commonplace books. Love this video! :)
Your video really inspired me to start a commonplace book! You opened my eyes that we as a society receive soo much useless information on a daily... But this video was not useless at all.Thank you
I not knowingly have notebooks that would match this concept but with doodles and drawings in it as well. I didn’t know that this very concept also has a name 🙈 and still I LOVE your voice.
Why are your videos so aesthetically pleasing? I love it.
I was waiting to hear the same recycled advice, but this wasn't. Thanks! It's refreshing
This is what I need. I currently have a journal/sketchbook where I've also written and taped quotes, lyrics etc. Having a commonplace book ensures that those gems will not get buried. Thank you!!
Great idea Jordan. I'll definitely start my very own commonplace book. Thank you for the inspiration!
I love it! I have this book lying around for probably a year and since I have so many, didn't know what to do with it, until today. I'm starting my commonplace notebook tomorrow. Thank you.
First; I love you so much Jordan, your voice is so soothing and calming, thanks for making my day 💕❤️
Lovely video. I've been doing this forever too - so many quotes, writing stuff from books, interviews, my favourite pics. It's very satisfying.
Hello Riteasrain! How are you doing and where are you from? It’s an inspiration video
ugh. I need to get like you with the organization. adore your content. also your aesthetic is so chill. love it
I LOVE THIS IDEA OMG I've been just storing quotes / inspiring ideas in random note apps on my phone and computer, in my photo albums, and in assorted journals. All over the place, basically. Never thought about combining them into one location, but now honestly I can't believe I never did! This is brilliant! Thank you so much for sharing this
I used to keep a commonplace book (inspired by A Series of Unfortunate Events) and I miss it
Hello Munira ! How are you doing and where are you from?
Beautiful pages! I wish wonderful journaling moments to everyone here. Don’t worry about messing up the journal; it’s paper. It loves you, love it back!
I always read / hear amazing and inspiring quotes but I never really found a place to save them : but a commonplace book looks like the PERFECT idea to collect all of them ❤️ thanks for the inspo !
Beautiful, I keep a journal about my daily life. And I just luv writing down quotes and lyrics , i even make up my own. This is the kinda thing I love doing.
i love you and this whole vibe omg
Me too 💛💙
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I’ve remained subscribed for over a year now, but the past 6 months i haven’t really watched your videos. It’s so incredible to come back to your channel and see how much you have evolved in editing and style in such a short period of time! You’re amazing💙
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Your voice is really soothing 💕 I’ve always done this on random scraps of paper I’ve kept in a binder over the years. But this is so much more organized without having to be stressed about being organized. I love it
Thank you for this idea! I have a tiny notebook that I've forgotten about that I will use now. :)
I'm now a mom of two, aged 2 years and 5 months, and I have not kept up with my creative outlets like this one! I miss it! Beautiful and encouraging. ☺
This had a new kind of vibe to it, I like it a lot! Happy summer dreaming 🌻
ive been having this kind of book for years oh my esp. when i am through reading a book i write all the amazing quotes that hit me or i can relate or when a friend say something noteworthy in between our coffee dates and wow i never knew it's called a commonplace book. thank you so much jordan 💕✨