I think I am the laziest commonplace book user ever: I am using a simple Filofax ring binder with alphabet dividers. Like this I can add, remove and re-arrange pages without restrictions. And also I just take a few blank pages with me when I leave the house. The ring binder stays at home.
Lowkey you’re a genius. I am starting with a composition book bc I will lose the papers… but maybe I can change to this organization method once I find rhythm. Thanks for sharing
I tried a CP book in a composition notebook, didn't like it. I'm now using my awesome Saddleback Leather Classic-sized binder (Franklin-Covey Classic), and like you said, it's easier to add, move around, etc. Love it!
@just_kos99 I went for all my notes to strictly use bound notebooks. My index looks like a total mess at first glance, but it works brilliantly for me. I totally see the advantages of using a ring binder, but I find archiving and retrieving information from books I filled long ago easier from my shelf of notebooks and they're very robust and take being dragged around for months very well without an additional cover. I recently thought about making one notebook my global index for all my other notebooks. I write a lot about notebooks and journaling (the history, how different types of notebooks evolved, their potential use-cases in our modern life etc.) and I've done so in many different books, so the index entry could look like "notebooks in history - cp3.45-56, ca2.34-37" while the first number referring to the book like common place book 3 or catch-all 2, and the other numbers being page numbers. But I don't yet know if that's a good idea or just a waste of time. ^^
Since I just started my first commonplace book, and it’s more for general knowledge with various topics I’m trying to keep it simple and I’m using the method in your first video about indexing. I can now see how the Locke method would be very efficient in a commonplace with a single but broad encompassing theme (art, or health/medical, or recipes, or science, or fiction book, or non-fiction books, etc). I didn’t fully understand it before, and your video explains it very well.
I'm new to commonplacing and my book is too general for this but my brain really likes the concept and I appreciate you teaching it in a way my brain could absorb! Some of those pages in your art commonplace book are art themselves! 💜
Oh thank you my friend! actually the leather map is not a cover, it is the desk surface itself 😊. This is my secondary desk. My main office is very dark and huge, therefore I use the smaller one when I record a tutorial.
I'm new to commonplacing, so I've been looking up video after video for tips on getting started. I have never heard of commonplacing, and when I came across your channel, I feel like I've struck gold! Thank you for the uploads. I look forward to learning from them.
Hello Sylvie, having watched your videos, I just want to say how much I enjoy your style of presentation and explaining, you're very clear and concise and always get to the point, and I appreciate the historical backgrounds you provide. I'm very much a note-taker but my notes are all over the place in different notebooks as I tend to grab whatever is closest. Having spent last year reading Tolkien, which I'm planning on re-reading, I've been thinking about compiling the notes I've made. Most of the videos I've watched to do with commonplace books, I've found annoying as they either spend too long explaining or have a 'my way is best' approach. I like that you always make a point of saying to do whatever works best for each individual. I blog regularly but, to be honest, struggle to remember what I've posted as its all typed and online. I can't wait to start keeping commonplace books as a way to better remember what I've read/learnt, especially history, which I love... and Tolkien. And I have quite the stack of journals/notebooks which I've collected over the years, waiting to be used. Sorry this is longer than I intended. Again, thank you for your very helpful videos and looking forward to your next one as I've now subscribed.
Thank you for taking time to provide your pleasant feedback. I am very pleased you found useful tips. I wish you the best with your commonplace journey preserving your favorite passages from your current reading plan. 📖🕯
Thanks so much for putting this into a well-presented video. I found info about John Locke's method some time ago, and it's easy to use, although I write the keywords in as well. Now, each time I start a new notebook I adapt the index from the old one, depending on which words I index most.
Fascinating. I have started two commonplace books on Bible studies. One is on Matthew 5-7, which is the Sermon on the Mount. Included are Matthew Henry's commentary about those passages. I used your format of indexing, but I would love to try the John Locke index format for another Bible book, probably Acts. Thank you! Very helpful!
I have tried it and appreciate it. I also find I can cross reference easier. Art by Monet I would list the page number under both aa for art, and mo for Monet. This is not a problem because there is plenty of space to do so with the Locke method. What do you do with an a word like rye or sky? I love your videos. I have learned a lot. I use my margins very differently now. :)
Thank you for the tip! I am glad you found the videos useful. 📖🕯 Regarding the letter (Y) - it is technically a consonant when it starts off a word or syllable (Yard = Ya) However, in many instances it functions as a vowel (sky = sy).
Ma'am please try to give some suggestions regarding how to start write a book. And what kind of rules and regulations should I have to bear always on mind
Hello Abhishek, It sounds exciting that you plan to author a book. I am afraid that's not my zone of expertise, but I am sure there is an abundance of online knowledge on that matter presented by top experts. Wish you the best. 📖🕯
You are very welcome, glad you liked it 😉. As for the time I spent journaling, it highly depends (work, family). But since I incorporated my notebooks in my outdoor activity (such as travel and nature journal) I end up journal more. As for my deeper learning in my commonplace books, I don't force it. It can be 10 minutes a day or half day spent in my office. My tips is not to seek perfection and not to feel obliged...📖🕯
Thats so interesting and pretty. One thing im wondering about is your handwriting, I love it. Im guessing you used a brush pen. But wondering how you developed that style.
Thank you, I am pleased to know you like it. My handwriting is a matter of practice (if you look closely, there is plenty of imperfections 😊. There are some notebooks that helps you to practice the style you like. 📖🕯
Hi, I’m from Brazil! I loved the video. I’m researching the commonplace book as a tool for organizing studies. I’ve tried a few times, but it hasn’t worked because I feel like it will end up disorganized and lost. For example, if I start studying an organization course or take notes from a book I'm reading, but then switch to another topic, when I want to review, everything will be separated. How can I manage this? Do you still recommend it? How can I access the book that teaches John Locke’s method?
Hello, thank you for your feedback, I am glad you liked the videos!! Regarding your question, you can start one commonplace book and record notes from different topics along your learning journey - as long as you have a clear title (a header) that can be a reference for your index. In your index you can have one topic listed under different pages (they don't have to be in sequence). For example, you took notes in page-2 about a course you attended and few month later you have more notes about same topic in page-15, all you need is to log under the same topic p2 and p15. Another approach is to have 2 different commonplace books that you work with both at the same time, specially if you know that there is a particular topic of interest and requires a notebook solely dedicated for. You may want to watch the index video (it is addressing indexing a notebook that contains multiple topics at the same time) ruclips.net/video/ya-DkO2T1b0/видео.html Happy Learning 📖🕯
I used this system as a post Grad at Canbridge over 50 years ago. It was very effective but certainly not as attractive as yours. Wonderful aesthetic.
Thank you dear Catherine! 😍
omg I didn't even realise at first that this is your actual common place book, I thought it was a printed book on some topic. Beautiful!
Thank you Maria, but if you look closely you will find many imperfections 😉 not all my notebooks are decorated..📖🕯
I think I am the laziest commonplace book user ever: I am using a simple Filofax ring binder with alphabet dividers. Like this I can add, remove and re-arrange pages without restrictions. And also I just take a few blank pages with me when I leave the house. The ring binder stays at home.
Hello Christine! effective technique for sure - anything as long as we capture the knowledge 😉
Lowkey you’re a genius. I am starting with a composition book bc I will lose the papers… but maybe I can change to this organization method once I find rhythm. Thanks for sharing
I tried a CP book in a composition notebook, didn't like it. I'm now using my awesome Saddleback Leather Classic-sized binder (Franklin-Covey Classic), and like you said, it's easier to add, move around, etc. Love it!
@just_kos99 I went for all my notes to strictly use bound notebooks. My index looks like a total mess at first glance, but it works brilliantly for me. I totally see the advantages of using a ring binder, but I find archiving and retrieving information from books I filled long ago easier from my shelf of notebooks and they're very robust and take being dragged around for months very well without an additional cover.
I recently thought about making one notebook my global index for all my other notebooks. I write a lot about notebooks and journaling (the history, how different types of notebooks evolved, their potential use-cases in our modern life etc.) and I've done so in many different books, so the index entry could look like "notebooks in history - cp3.45-56, ca2.34-37" while the first number referring to the book like common place book 3 or catch-all 2, and the other numbers being page numbers. But I don't yet know if that's a good idea or just a waste of time. ^^
Every time I watch your videos, I learn so much. You have a nice way of simplifying the process and making it very appealing.
Happy to hear that! 📖🕯
I can see a benefit of using this method for authors and book reviews
Since I just started my first commonplace book, and it’s more for general knowledge with various topics I’m trying to keep it simple and I’m using the method in your first video about indexing. I can now see how the Locke method would be very efficient in a commonplace with a single but broad encompassing theme (art, or health/medical, or recipes, or science, or fiction book, or non-fiction books, etc). I didn’t fully understand it before, and your video explains it very well.
Wonderful! Thank you Wendi. Happy notebook journey 📖🕯
I'm new to commonplacing and my book is too general for this but my brain really likes the concept and I appreciate you teaching it in a way my brain could absorb! Some of those pages in your art commonplace book are art themselves! 💜
You are so welcome! I am very pleased to see your feedback about the indexing concept 📖🕯
Every time I watch one of your videos, I'm envious of that beautiful, brown, leather/map cover on your desk, it's beautiful!
Oh thank you my friend! actually the leather map is not a cover, it is the desk surface itself 😊. This is my secondary desk. My main office is very dark and huge, therefore I use the smaller one when I record a tutorial.
What a beautifully simple concept for an intricately exquisite collection.
Thank you! Glad you found it useful 📖🕯️
I'm new to commonplacing, so I've been looking up video after video for tips on getting started. I have never heard of commonplacing, and when I came across your channel, I feel like I've struck gold! Thank you for the uploads. I look forward to learning from them.
I am very glad we came across! Its very enjoyable to meet notebook and knowledge lovers 📖🕯
I find both indexing options to be very logical. Thank you.
You're most welcome! 📖🕯️
Hello Sylvie, having watched your videos, I just want to say how much I enjoy your style of presentation and explaining, you're very clear and concise and always get to the point, and I appreciate the historical backgrounds you provide. I'm very much a note-taker but my notes are all over the place in different notebooks as I tend to grab whatever is closest. Having spent last year reading Tolkien, which I'm planning on re-reading, I've been thinking about compiling the notes I've made. Most of the videos I've watched to do with commonplace books, I've found annoying as they either spend too long explaining or have a 'my way is best' approach. I like that you always make a point of saying to do whatever works best for each individual.
I blog regularly but, to be honest, struggle to remember what I've posted as its all typed and online. I can't wait to start keeping commonplace books as a way to better remember what I've read/learnt, especially history, which I love... and Tolkien. And I have quite the stack of journals/notebooks which I've collected over the years, waiting to be used.
Sorry this is longer than I intended. Again, thank you for your very helpful videos and looking forward to your next one as I've now subscribed.
Thank you for taking time to provide your pleasant feedback. I am very pleased you found useful tips. I wish you the best with your commonplace journey preserving your favorite passages from your current reading plan. 📖🕯
Thanks so much for putting this into a well-presented video. I found info about John Locke's method some time ago, and it's easy to use, although I write the keywords in as well. Now, each time I start a new notebook I adapt the index from the old one, depending on which words I index most.
I am very pleased you liked and thank you for sharing your tips. I used keywords too in my commonplace book 📖🕯
Fascinating. I have started two commonplace books on Bible studies. One is on Matthew 5-7, which is the Sermon on the Mount. Included are Matthew Henry's commentary about those passages. I used your format of indexing, but I would love to try the John Locke index format for another Bible book, probably Acts. Thank you! Very helpful!
Beautiful. Thanks for sharing! I am actually working on a similar project! Keep me posted how it goes 😉
really great, thank you! I may use this for my journaling
Go for it! I am glad you found useful tips.
Brilliant 🎉 your explanations were fabulous and really demystified this for me! Subscribed!
Welcome aboard! Glad you found it useful 📖🕯
I have tried it and appreciate it. I also find I can cross reference easier. Art by Monet I would list the page number under both aa for art, and mo for Monet. This is not a problem because there is plenty of space to do so with the Locke method. What do you do with an a word like rye or sky? I love your videos. I have learned a lot. I use my margins very differently now. :)
Thank you for the tip! I am glad you found the videos useful. 📖🕯
Regarding the letter (Y) - it is technically a consonant when it starts off a word or syllable (Yard = Ya) However, in many instances it functions as a vowel (sky = sy).
suggestion: instead of adding a 6th vowel line you won't use much to every initial letter, just make the U line into a U/Y line.
This is awesome
Thank you, glad you liked it 📖🕯
Love it
tyfs my dear!
You are so welcome!
Excellent video, thank you
Thank you, Glad you liked it! 📖🕯
Ma'am please try to give some suggestions regarding how to start write a book. And what kind of rules and regulations should I have to bear always on mind
Hello Abhishek, It sounds exciting that you plan to author a book. I am afraid that's not my zone of expertise, but I am sure there is an abundance of online knowledge on that matter presented by top experts. Wish you the best. 📖🕯
Really beautiful, thanks for sharing. How many hours a week do you journal?
You are very welcome, glad you liked it 😉. As for the time I spent journaling, it highly depends (work, family). But since I incorporated my notebooks in my outdoor activity (such as travel and nature journal) I end up journal more. As for my deeper learning in my commonplace books, I don't force it. It can be 10 minutes a day or half day spent in my office. My tips is not to seek perfection and not to feel obliged...📖🕯
Thats so interesting and pretty. One thing im wondering about is your handwriting, I love it. Im guessing you used a brush pen. But wondering how you developed that style.
Thank you, I am pleased to know you like it. My handwriting is a matter of practice (if you look closely, there is plenty of imperfections 😊. There are some notebooks that helps you to practice the style you like. 📖🕯
Hi, I’m from Brazil! I loved the video. I’m researching the commonplace book as a tool for organizing studies. I’ve tried a few times, but it hasn’t worked because I feel like it will end up disorganized and lost. For example, if I start studying an organization course or take notes from a book I'm reading, but then switch to another topic, when I want to review, everything will be separated. How can I manage this? Do you still recommend it? How can I access the book that teaches John Locke’s method?
Hello, thank you for your feedback, I am glad you liked the videos!!
Regarding your question, you can start one commonplace book and record notes from different topics along your learning journey - as long as you have a clear title (a header) that can be a reference for your index. In your index you can have one topic listed under different pages (they don't have to be in sequence). For example, you took notes in page-2 about a course you attended and few month later you have more notes about same topic in page-15, all you need is to log under the same topic p2 and p15.
Another approach is to have 2 different commonplace books that you work with both at the same time, specially if you know that there is a particular topic of interest and requires a notebook solely dedicated for.
You may want to watch the index video (it is addressing indexing a notebook that contains multiple topics at the same time) ruclips.net/video/ya-DkO2T1b0/видео.html
Happy Learning 📖🕯
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What about Y and Z? Or are they not used enough to have in index?
Hello, I have a section for the rest of it in the following page. As this notebook is a bit of non-standard size to fit all in one page. 😊📖🕯️
Where do you put the letters Y and Z?
In this particular notebook (due to unconventional size) I have it at the top of the following page. I can take a picture and post in IG 😉
@@journaldesylvie Thanks
The journal in the video is beautiful
Thank you 😊 glad you liked it