วีดีโอ

Really interesting things you said in there. I may not do everything, because I already have my routine, but surely will adapt. That's the wonderful life of journaling: freedom and adaptation. Thank you for your insights.

Thanks so much for the referral to The Notebook: A History of Thinking on Paper by Roland Allen. I love the book! I make hand crafted journals and knowing the history of journals has given me SO many new ideas. It’s a fun read, too! 👍

Thank you. Cogent thoughts and useful suggestions. From my experience, you're right on the mark. I've noticed you're getting a good view count on this video. To let you know, it was suggested to me after refreshing TH-cam, after watching a bullet journal video.

Thank you!😊

don't really understand the difference between this and a commonplace book. Are they effectively the same in a practical sense? Anyone also having a bit of challenge thinking about those two concepts as separate things?

I like your cursive! It's very neat and compressed which is what I like. You can fit more writing on each page haha

Nice to know that there’s a name for the type of journaling I did when I was younger. And a fantastic reminder to get back to it. Thank you🎉

I never get a block. What I get is too much to journal and I don't know where to start lol

Why are you holding a caterpillar?

Another concept I like to employ is that of the Zettlekasten, otherwise known as the 'second brain'. There are some really cool videos to get started with one, it can be as elaborate or simple as you would like. I personally use Obsidian, a free open sourced markedown note browser. Best of luck writing y'all!

For folks looking for other resources, it's worth confirming and pulling @altashiro 's comment out of a nested conversation below: in the English speaking world these have been called commonplace books. Loved the suggestions on how to keep one herein though!

I've been doing this for years and never knew it was called a Zibaldone.

Forgetting for the purpose of this video that these historic figures were RICH, educated & mostly buffered from the grind of survival. Plus the books that survive were from genius polymath dudes. Not random ppl with an iPad. And also DUDES (bc women were not independent or free). This zeitgeist is what keeps brands like Leuchturm in business... "I will be the next DaVinci"! ... A delusion created by perpetual caffeine overdose.

1:00 Don't you see? It's exactly because any answer is a quick internet search away. Creativity comes from constraints and boredom, freedom and distractions are the antithesis to that!

Good presentation ! Thank you. guess you are familiar with the Zettelkasten method used by Niklas Luhmann a german sociology professor who was extremely productive due to his method of notetaking and archiving with extensive crossreferences. The value created is in formulating the ideas, observations and questions in your own words and then work with the 'interconnectedness' there is also value in manually writing itself instead of typing . (lots of material on the web just check Luhmann , Remarkable, handwriting and neurophysiology etc)

One thing I found is that it's detrimental to use a process that's too elaborate. 10 different notebooks, a multi-step process or whatever doesn't help but it hampers your process. Find out what works for you. Personally I have two handwritten notebooks: A big one I keep at home and a small one I always have on hand either in a coat pocket, my bag or whatever. That's where all quotes, definitions, new words or ideas go I have over the course of a day. When one of those books is full or when I get the feeling I should do it, I curate those books and take what holds up during a re-read and then I digitize it and get it into a note-taking software (I use Joplin, but there is a bazillion different softwares that do the same). I do that because those curated notes then can be searched and preserved for future endeavours. And because I consider the note taking app my long-term second brain the information stored there should be useful and condensed as to not overcrowd it with useless stuff. That's one of the reasons I still use handwritten notes, so I reconsider what I write down and so that I use multiple filters for information: handwritten notes -> reread those notes -> maybe preserve as digital information. But I still keep my handwritten notes and journals just on the off-chance me or somebody else ever wants to retrace my thought process. For me, this process works, for other people this might already be too elaborate or too simplistic.

Please do a flip-through video of your notebooks!

Terrific topic just sub

I've been trying various note taking methods over the past couple months to figure out which ones work best for me. What I have discovered is using the outline method for processing ideas and a Zibaldone for archiving the ideas of others has helped me a lot. I also do basic journalling to sift through some of my confusion, to explore ideas and how they might work, or to make connections between ideas. I think the Zibaldone method works exceptionally well for deep literature, like Dostoevsky or Tolstoy. Sometimes you really need to sit with and reread paragraphs, quotes, pages... It's good to archive them, to make the words more personal to you. It really does change how you engage with ideas and stories.

Great information. We have to manage our expectations & do it #1 for love of the art.

So true! Keeping a notebook (actually many.... too many.) reminds me I'm thinking on paper. Meaningful notes are extensions of my thinking. I often forget how important the practice of writing is until I open my notebook and write. This video was a wonderful reminder to stay in the habit of writing. Thanks for posting!

As a visual artist, this is something that I’ve been thinking a lot about. I will start a project with research and collect endless photo references but ultimately stall on the actual drawing. Lately I’ve been trying to slow down and draw the reference that interests me. I’m drawing more at the very least and my “notes” have a kind of visual direction that makes more sense. Maybe I thought I wanted to go a certain direction with a piece, but all of the sketches I’ve done are indicating that my interest is going somewhere else. I haven’t made a real breakthrough yet, but I’m enjoying the process. That you for this video! It’s making me rethink some things.

Awesome video! Quick, to the point but packed with wisdom. Liked, subbed and appreciated

I misread the title as "how I built a writing routine that sucks" and I thought this was gonna be a what not to do, I'm focusing on screenwriting for short films at the moment, this was a great video!

Just stumbled on this after attempting my first week of daily writing. 😅 What's your preferred habit tracker?

Engagement

Want more clicks on your videos? Let’s work on a powerful thumbnail design that pulls people in and helps grow your audience. And another thing seo will rank your video

😊enjoyed the video

excellent but video not getting much attention from the audience. This could be due to an SEO issue, resulting in low views and subscribers.

Keep struggling. Your videos hit hard. Love the sprinkling of quotes along with the actionable tips. Inspirational as I start my channel!

I've never smoked, but the nicotine story was really powerful to hear in this context! Hearing you get past that and relate it to the context of focus in general was a great framing.

I just checked out your videos, and they’re awesome! However, it looks like they’re not reaching the audience they deserve. This might be due to SEO issues like video tags, titles, and descriptions. I’m a TH-cam SEO expert and can offer you a free channel report to show you exactly where improvements can be made. Let me know if you're interested!

One thing that's helped me a ton is to time block everything tedious that doesn't need to be done daily or immediately into a single, weekly "Mundane Marathon" block. Rather than trying to schedule individual tedious things (booking appointments or travel, for example) within each day, I just keep a list of them and aim to knock out as many as possible in that block from the list. Then I only have to summon the starting motivation once, and I can ride that wave through the drudgery. I can then use willpower on other things (hopefully creative blocks like you've outlined) through the rest of the week. This has worked pretty well for the few months I've been at it - maybe worth a try alongside your timeblocking approach!

Good stuff! I appreciate you showing the time-blocking example. Def helps.

I have smoked for 15 years...OK I'll try thus thank you

I'm doing this right now ..dammm it 😊 I enjoy your channel

I'm doing this right now ..dammm it 😊 I enjoy your channel

I'm doing this right now ..dammm it 😊 I enjoy your channel

Ill follow these steps, ty for the advice buddy.

😊 already love the video before watching it

I turn off notifications, I just have messages and calls turned on. I just have YT, I got rid of Twitter. I recently got back into drawing again, I do that instead of journaling.

Musician checking in here - this is really great info. I’m about a month in with a pocket journal, leaving it by the bed and phone with alarm goes in other room. I love the analogy of a save state - that’s really good stuff!

such a well produced and thought through video! I hope you get the recognition you deserve and mentor millions!

Great video. I appreciate the tips.

This video beats all the stop procrastinating books I’ve read lately 🎉 Loved this part so much ““make the first step so easy and frictionless that you don't even realize you're making progress when you do it.“ thanks a lot!

Absolutely love this video. I just re-watched it. Thanks!

Great video! Completely “high quality” content 🎉

Cool ideas man!

The thumbnail alone made me think this was an underrated channel, and definitely the production value and message in this video carried that impression through. Keep it up, I'll be happy to count myself among the first 100 subs when you hit 100,000!

I’m so happy that this video appeared on my dash, I really needed to hear all of this. Thanks a lot from the heart! ❤