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Thursday, October 01, 2020

Journals, Diaries etc

I have a long standing fascination of paper notebooks of all kinds but I am not good at using them. I think partly due to not wanting to spoil the book with small talk ramblings and my illegible handwriting.

I thought it was high time to pull together a post of some sort listing some resources.

 

Keep Track of the Tiny Details (The New York Times, 11 September 2020)
They’ll unlock a cascade of memory in the future.

On Keeping a Log Book (Austin Kleon, 31 January 2010)

“A logbook was originally a book for recording readings from the log, and is used to determine the distance a ship traveled within a certain amount of time. The readings of the log have been recorded in equal times to give the distance traveled with respect to a given start position.” (Wikipedia)

How to Write a Memoir
Be yourself, speak freely, and think small (William Zinsser, 12 May, 2015)

What Is a Bullet Journal? Everything You Need to Know Before You BuJo (Good Housekeeping, 27 December 2019)
Some consider BuJo the "KonMari for your racing thoughts."

Journal Safari: Create your journal habit in 30 days (Moyra Mackie)

How And Why To Keep A “Commonplace Book” (Ryan Holliday)

My Box of Inspiration! How to Create a Commonplace Book (Amy Landino)

A Brief Guide to Keeping a Commonplace Book (25 February 2018)
AKA “Before Bullet Journals, There Were Commonplace Books”

 

Commonplace book – “a way to compile knowledge, usually by writing information into books.” (Wikpedia)

Diary: dated entries, future and past appointments plus commentary if room.

Diary of past events.

Diary of future events.

The Five-Minute Journal

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