Uploaded September 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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0:00 introduction to commonplacing
1:00 my 8-episode commonplacing class with skillshare (ad)
2:20 what is commonplacing?
4:41 how to set up your commonplace book
5:05 a variation on the Lockean method: how I commonplace
6:31 indexing
7:45 using a commonplace book day-to-day
9:47 three reasons why you should commonplace
13:53 outro

Go Further:
Read "John Locke’s Method for Common-Place Books" (1685) here - publicdomainreview.org/collection/john-lockes-method-for-common-place-books-1685
Smyth, Adam. "Commonplace Book Culture: A List of Sixteen Traits". Women and Writing, c. 1340-c. 1650, 2010, DOI:10.1017/9781846158575.006.