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Before apps, serious thinkers kept a commonplace book, one running log of quotes, observations, and ideas they could mine later. Holiday's short piece is the simplest possible version of the capture habit, and it works on index cards or in a doc. Read it if a full system feels heavy and you just want to start logging what you notice this week.
How and Why to Keep a Commonplace Book
From RyanHoliday.net by Ryan Holiday 10 min read
- Keep one running log of what you notice.
- Tag entries by theme so patterns surface.
- The value is in revisiting, not just collecting.
