If you’re a lifelong learner like me, you’re always asking the universe questions, like: “What does ‘trust the science’ really mean?” or “Is science really driven by whomever holds the purse strings?” You can record your research findings in a commonplace notebook.
Or maybe you read…like…a LOT. The classics. Non-fiction. You find interesting tidbits that you want to remember. You can capture these fun facts into your commonplace notebook.
A commonplace notebook is simply a place to gather knowledge, capture ideas, quotes, and reflections for future reference. What’s the difference between a Commonplace notebook, a Zibaldone, Zettelkasten (slip box), Florilegium, Marginalia, Factum, Scrapbook, or Bullet Journal? Perhaps the next post will be an entire Commonplace entry on this. Come back later to see what we uncover.