I used this system as a post Grad at Canbridge over 50 years ago. It was very effective but certainly not as attractive as yours. Wonderful aesthetic.

@journaldesylvie

9 ай бұрын

Thank you dear Catherine! 😍

I think I am the laziest commonplace book user ever: I am using a simple Filofax ring binder with alphabet dividers. Like this I can add, remove and re-arrange pages without restrictions. And also I just take a few blank pages with me when I leave the house. The ring binder stays at home.

@journaldesylvie

9 ай бұрын

Hello Christine! effective technique for sure - anything as long as we capture the knowledge 😉

Every time I watch your videos, I learn so much. You have a nice way of simplifying the process and making it very appealing.

@journaldesylvie

9 ай бұрын

Happy to hear that! 📖🕯

Since I just started my first commonplace book, and it’s more for general knowledge with various topics I’m trying to keep it simple and I’m using the method in your first video about indexing. I can now see how the Locke method would be very efficient in a commonplace with a single but broad encompassing theme (art, or health/medical, or recipes, or science, or fiction book, or non-fiction books, etc). I didn’t fully understand it before, and your video explains it very well.

@journaldesylvie

9 ай бұрын

Wonderful! Thank you Wendi. Happy notebook journey 📖🕯

What a beautifully simple concept for an intricately exquisite collection.

@journaldesylvie

2 ай бұрын

Thank you! Glad you found it useful 📖🕯️

I can see a benefit of using this method for authors and book reviews

I'm new to commonplacing and my book is too general for this but my brain really likes the concept and I appreciate you teaching it in a way my brain could absorb! Some of those pages in your art commonplace book are art themselves! 💜

@journaldesylvie

2 ай бұрын

You are so welcome! I am very pleased to see your feedback about the indexing concept 📖🕯

Every time I watch one of your videos, I'm envious of that beautiful, brown, leather/map cover on your desk, it's beautiful!

@journaldesylvie

9 ай бұрын

Oh thank you my friend! actually the leather map is not a cover, it is the desk surface itself 😊. This is my secondary desk. My main office is very dark and huge, therefore I use the smaller one when I record a tutorial.

Hello Sylvie, having watched your videos, I just want to say how much I enjoy your style of presentation and explaining, you're very clear and concise and always get to the point, and I appreciate the historical backgrounds you provide. I'm very much a note-taker but my notes are all over the place in different notebooks as I tend to grab whatever is closest. Having spent last year reading Tolkien, which I'm planning on re-reading, I've been thinking about compiling the notes I've made. Most of the videos I've watched to do with commonplace books, I've found annoying as they either spend too long explaining or have a 'my way is best' approach. I like that you always make a point of saying to do whatever works best for each individual. I blog regularly but, to be honest, struggle to remember what I've posted as its all typed and online. I can't wait to start keeping commonplace books as a way to better remember what I've read/learnt, especially history, which I love... and Tolkien. And I have quite the stack of journals/notebooks which I've collected over the years, waiting to be used. Sorry this is longer than I intended. Again, thank you for your very helpful videos and looking forward to your next one as I've now subscribed.

@journaldesylvie

9 ай бұрын

Thank you for taking time to provide your pleasant feedback. I am very pleased you found useful tips. I wish you the best with your commonplace journey preserving your favorite passages from your current reading plan. 📖🕯

I find both indexing options to be very logical. Thank you.

@journaldesylvie

9 ай бұрын

You're most welcome! 📖🕯️

really great, thank you! I may use this for my journaling

@journaldesylvie

9 ай бұрын

Go for it! I am glad you found useful tips.

Brilliant 🎉 your explanations were fabulous and really demystified this for me! Subscribed!

@journaldesylvie

8 ай бұрын

Welcome aboard! Glad you found it useful 📖🕯

Love it tyfs my dear!

@journaldesylvie

5 ай бұрын

You are so welcome!

Fascinating. I have started two commonplace books on Bible studies. One is on Matthew 5-7, which is the Sermon on the Mount. Included are Matthew Henry's commentary about those passages. I used your format of indexing, but I would love to try the John Locke index format for another Bible book, probably Acts. Thank you! Very helpful!

@journaldesylvie

9 ай бұрын

Beautiful. Thanks for sharing! I am actually working on a similar project! Keep me posted how it goes 😉

Excellent video, thank you

@journaldesylvie

5 ай бұрын

Thank you, Glad you liked it! 📖🕯

Thanks so much for putting this into a well-presented video. I found info about John Locke's method some time ago, and it's easy to use, although I write the keywords in as well. Now, each time I start a new notebook I adapt the index from the old one, depending on which words I index most.

@journaldesylvie

4 ай бұрын

I am very pleased you liked and thank you for sharing your tips. I used keywords too in my commonplace book 📖🕯

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I have tried it and appreciate it. I also find I can cross reference easier. Art by Monet I would list the page number under both aa for art, and mo for Monet. This is not a problem because there is plenty of space to do so with the Locke method. What do you do with an a word like rye or sky? I love your videos. I have learned a lot. I use my margins very differently now. :)

@journaldesylvie

9 ай бұрын

Thank you for the tip! I am glad you found the videos useful. 📖🕯 Regarding the letter (Y) - it is technically a consonant when it starts off a word or syllable (Yard = Ya) However, in many instances it functions as a vowel (sky = sy).

@londongael414

4 ай бұрын

suggestion: instead of adding a 6th vowel line you won't use much to every initial letter, just make the U line into a U/Y line.

Thats so interesting and pretty. One thing im wondering about is your handwriting, I love it. Im guessing you used a brush pen. But wondering how you developed that style.

@journaldesylvie

9 ай бұрын

Thank you, I am pleased to know you like it. My handwriting is a matter of practice (if you look closely, there is plenty of imperfections 😊. There are some notebooks that helps you to practice the style you like. 📖🕯

Really beautiful, thanks for sharing. How many hours a week do you journal?

@journaldesylvie

9 ай бұрын

You are very welcome, glad you liked it 😉. As for the time I spent journaling, it highly depends (work, family). But since I incorporated my notebooks in my outdoor activity (such as travel and nature journal) I end up journal more. As for my deeper learning in my commonplace books, I don't force it. It can be 10 minutes a day or half day spent in my office. My tips is not to seek perfection and not to feel obliged...📖🕯

Ma'am please try to give some suggestions regarding how to start write a book. And what kind of rules and regulations should I have to bear always on mind

@journaldesylvie

9 ай бұрын

Hello Abhishek, It sounds exciting that you plan to author a book. I am afraid that's not my zone of expertise, but I am sure there is an abundance of online knowledge on that matter presented by top experts. Wish you the best. 📖🕯

What about Y and Z? Or are they not used enough to have in index?

@journaldesylvie

Ай бұрын

Hello, I have a section for the rest of it in the following page. As this notebook is a bit of non-standard size to fit all in one page. 😊📖🕯️