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Commonplace Book: A Refuge For Your Thoughts

Intro

I made this as a gift for you 🎁

I’d love for you to use it to:

🐌 Slow down, not speed up

Not a place for quick notes, but a place where your thoughts unfold slowly.

🧡 Curate, don’t hoard

Gather only what truly resonates, let go of what doesn’t.

✍🏼 Blend analog and digital

Embrace the magic of pen and paper, while keeping your entries safe and organised.

Adding Entries

To add a new note, click the + New Entry button on the main dashboard.

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To add entries that resonate, I recommend:

♡ Find a quiet space and pause.

♡ Only add what you will return to often.

♡ Write by hand first.

Go ahead and fill your book with some love 🧡

Organising Entries

Use Topics to organise your notes. To create a new topic, simply click the + New Topic button.

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To find the right Topics, consider:

➤ What have you been deeply passionate about for a while?

➤ Fewer topics is better, since there is only so much we can do in life.

➤ Don’t overthink it; you can always change your Topics later.

You can group related notes together under one topic. Here are the steps to categorize your note into a topic:

  1. Click on the note you would like to categorize

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