💬 What notebooks do you keep?
What do you record in notebooks?
Having had such an enthusiastic response to my Commonplace Book post, I’m curious about other notebooks you keep.
What categories of notebooks do you have, and how do you engage with them?
What feels better in analogue, and what is digital?
Are their specific practices that you enjoy, or projects you track, with notebooks?
Let’s discuss. As always, remember granular nerdy detail is not only welcome here, but ENCOURAGED.
I love these questions!
I keep a dotted bullet journal as my day planner. It has monthly and weekly spreads, as well as a page each day which consists of my to-do list for the day, 3 gratitudes, and my daily log (what I actually did each day), plus some affirmations.
I keep a lined personal journal where I record my dreams, daily Tarot card draw, astro-weather (mostly tracking the sun and moon phases), plus room for free writing, how I felt each day, interesting synchronicities and things relating to the Tarot card I drew, what was most profound that day, and how I'm releasing old habits (personal growth). I also keep track of books I've finished reading, and sometimes include quotes from them (I'm intrigued by your writings on commonplace books, though).
I have a lined moleskine notebook where I make notes from meetings and workshops, plus flesh out and capture ideas for writings and biz offerings, which I think of as my "learning notebook."
I have a magickal journal which I use less often, where I capture moon ceremonies or seasonal rituals I plan and carry out.
I used to have too many notebooks, like one for journaling, one for writing ideas and others for a random smattering of courses I take. Now, I combine my ideas/journal (from prompts) into one, and notes from writing courses in one as I figured I'd have a better chance of actually referencing them when I do.