Commonplace Book Tour: How I use my Journal
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This is the long awaited commonplace book tour!!!!! This is how I use my commonplace journal. maybe you can find inspiration for yours / it can give some guidance into one method of using one. or you might just be super nosey and want to know what goes on in my life / in my brain
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i started a commonplace book because of your first video and it is bringing me so much joy - i write more, i keep notes about the things i’m researching and reading, i’m collaging again, and it’s wonderful! i carry this book everywhere i go and i find myself pulling it out and messing around in it rather than being on my phone, which is Great for my “oh my god our phones are killing us” brain. the way you conceptualize what a commonplace book is for and how to approach it is so wonderfully relaxed and loose, which makes it seem more accessible than how i’ve seen others talk about this process :)
You don’t have to apologize for keeping your journal entries private hun
omg that idea to introspective journal from the back to front and then more casual use from front to back is GENIUS!!!! I've always hated having the mix of it in one but still wanted to only have to deal with one journal and that is such a good solution!!!!!!
that makes so much sense! now i won’t feel bad for my journal not being just one plain thing
i love how i independently felt so smart for coming up with the technique of writing from front to back *and* back to front 😭 i swear ive never had an original experience lol
I do the front to back / back to front thing with my own journal too! At the front it's all regular journal entries and at the back I write down qoutes from books I'm reading and interesting stuff I find online. So my journals always end somewhere in the middle of the notebook. Glad to see I'm not the only one who does this!
same
“i figured out yapping comes quite easily to me” 😂😂😂 omg
Man you're so inspiring 😭 I'd given up on art and journaling after over 10 years of my books got lost in a move but watching your videos inspires me to get back into it, and with great new ideas I never considered! I hope to watch more in the future!
I dont exactly keep a commonplace book , more of a scrapbook or journal but I really love your videos and they've inspired me so much
You mentioning you can use the journal from the back inspired me! I think I’m gonna use mine upside down for reflections and journal entries- thank you! I also loved the script memorizing technique, I wanted to save it even though I haven’t acted in ten years 😂 been binging your videos the last few days, I love your content
LOVE THIS. you are so free with your journal in a way that is incredibly refreshing to see on the internet!!!
Girl it's totally fine to want privacy! No need to apologize!
Also, thak you so much, your video saved my journaling experience. I was kinda giving up on it, but then you showed me that what I wanted was possible, and was totally ok. Thak you so much.
I clicked on this video because I was curios about how you apply your suggestions on your own journal.
Seeing that you too don't do pretty layouts, or mere aesthetic pages is so validating to me: the journaling community most of the time is all about pretty stuff… thanks again to do this video. I'd listen to you talk about journaling all day.
When I see one of your videos I know it will give me again the same strong feeling and love for this activity.
Thank you so much, really. I think words (that aren't even from my native language, lol) can't express my infinite gratitude.
I wish you the best
hey i wanna let i know the idea of having commonplace book might actually be a game changer to my life😭thank you so much for introducing it to me!! i wish i knew u sooner😭
Keeping a common place yournal really helped me and continues to help me in my everyday life. Thank you for the tips and motivation!
hi crystal !! it was so fun watching this and its okay even if they were only a majority of drawings shown on camera I ENJOYED IT SM and omg the commonplace book which i decided to start in June 2024,, i have finally completed it in december 2024! it was such a short period and its already filled (mainly just drawings n stuff lawl)but it was so fun plus im so excited to make a new one in 2025 and i wanna say THANKYOUUU for encouraging me to do so !!
Totally understandable that you covered what you didn't feel like sharing! Loved this video, watched it while making a weekly spread in my bujo, which, thanks to you, I turned into a commonplace book as well (from the back side). It's helped me so much with my inner perfectionist berating me for my bujo not being as organised as pretty as I would like it to be - because it's no longer only a bujo, but also an amalgamation of everything and anything I write down there that's more to do with journalling and scrapbooking even.
omg literally wrote my first commonplace book page today❤❤
i really wasn't expecting so much amazing art and writing this was so soothing to watch thank you i just started journaling and im trying to add art into but i tend to be ocd and think i shouldn't add drawings cuz its writing only lol but i know you did that to hide things but i love that ::)))) i hope you keep up with this
i started a commonplace book because of your videos and its soo fun and relaxing so thank uu
i lovee your drawings! they are so beautiful, never apologize for protecting your privacy! im excited to pick up commonplace journaling now
It's wonderful that you didn't give up drawing!
your first videos about commonplacing pushed me to start journaling and I feel like I'm understanding myself bit by bit, thank you for the inspo!!
ive just started a new job and used an old journal to make it a commonplace one i adore it these are so fum and i love seeing your art
I love your enthusiasm
i miss ur videos, ik i'm watching one right now but once this is over and then what? i miss watching something from u all over again.
love ur videos sm
I got into commonplacing because of you. I love it so much!!
if you're still looking for ideas on how to present the second book:
it might be good to start with a flip through video of the second one - and write down potential ways to go through it while you go through it and then let it sit for around 3 months while people comment and you think about it
but if you really want a bunch of ideas now: I would split the second one into 5 videos based on the main concepts or things inside and do more of a deep dive on each individual one - as this video went through all the surface level stuff
but yeah
ideas based on things you said: talking through your process/insights into your mind, not a polished product, secret messages, retaining passion
ideas based on commonplace books on TH-cam: how to, journal, setup, starting, vlog
idea from other comments on this video: art journal, sketchbook, thoughts, drawings, future reference, collected knowledge
some ideas of mine: empty pages, most important, mental boundaries
other: echoes of past work
btw
the bit at 10 minutes was pretty funny
step 1: make a diary
step 2: show the internet
step 3: panic 😂
congrats on sharing your alien word soup!
Also the front to back / back to front concept totally conjured Fred from Big Hero 6 in my head.
I love journaling videos gives me insights and ideas to use in my journals. You have very inspiring journal filled with your thoughts 💭 Thanks for sharing ❤
You are so brilliant. Love your videos. Your art is awesome. Thanks for sharing...
guurl your art is soo good!!
A word of warning if you're still handling receipt paper. Receipt paper usually has high levels of BPA or BPS which can be quite harmful if absorbed through the skin, so try and reduce contact where you can... also nice art I guess.
I find that i'm somewhat a strict person so this an excerpt from a book that i go back to sometimes
We are contrary creatures, us humans, but that isn't something we need be afraid of, or even much troubled by. And if you make a list of those people who worship consistency, you'll find they're one and all tyrants or would-be tyrants. Ruling over thousands, or over a husband or a wife, or some cowering child. Never fear contradiction, Cutter(Name), it is the very heart of diversity.
From the Bonehunters Book 6 of malazan series
Dibs on being first in line to buy the entire charcoal postcard collection from Aug 24. And then the add-on sticker collection for your unfinished beauties. You better do it!!!!
i love your art
merci pour la découverte!!
I wish you would do a Video on note taking.
i love your drawing style!! could u maybe do a tutorial?
I journal at home but I do think it would be exciting to journal outside my house 🤔
Thanks for sharing your book however, this is not a commonplace book. This is more of a sketch book /art journal in which you have included some diary entries or notes. A commonplace book is more of a compilation of collected knowledge, ideas, quotations, and observations. It's a book where one gathers and organizes information from various sources for future reference and reflection. They are more like a database than a diary.
i love your drawings so much id buy them if i could
Thanks for sharing! What notebook is that? It looks so satisfyingly chunky and floppy 😂🩵
I had a commonplace book in the beginning of the year but I don´t have the privacy and space to keep it any longer, so I use google docs atm.
What book did you use? I can’t find one with a similar cover to draw on but also with lots of pages
These are not commonplace books.
I’m not sure why there is so much confusion spread online about this concept.
But a commonplace book holds information from the world around outside of yourself, like quotes, recipes, song lyrics, other people’s poems, data….
As your lovely journals are your own thoughts and your drawings, they are an art journal, a creative journal, simply a journal. But they’re definitely not a commonplace book.
yeah i'm with u, i've seen a recent trend of commonplace book videos and they're all journals- nothing wrong with a journal but they are both specific things lol
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where to buy such blank journals in the first place?
Does anyone know what specific journal this is?
Im only here for the juicy stuff 😂
what journal is that?
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What kind of journal/notebook is this?
im pretty sure is the blank notebook from muji
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Your journals are really beautiful. You are very creative. However they are not commonplace book. "Commonplace books (or commonplaces) are a way to compile knowledge, usually by writing information into books." I guess "knowledge" is the key word for what commonplace books are.
50 words 80 drawings