How to Commonplace Journal

COMMONPLACE: A Book About Remembering Things I Forgot By Benson Reeves Let’s be honest: your memory is garbage. Mine is too. That’s why I wrote a book about how to remember the good stuff–quotes that made you pause, ideas that hit you sideways, lyrics that weirdly made sense at 2 a.m. Commonplace isn’t a productivity system, a bullet journal, or another planner you’ll abandon by Thursday. It’s a guide to starting your own commonplace book–a notebook where you collect everything worth remembering and ignore everything else. Inside, you’ll get: A sarcastic but shockingly useful explanation of what a commonplace book is Step-by-step guidance for starting one (even if your notebook looks cursed) Tips on what to include, how to organize it, and why perfection is the enemy Real-life examples, chaos-friendly systems, and humor that makes learning not suck A 5-minute challenge to get you started today (yes, even you) Whether you’re a writer, a thinker, or just someone tired of forgetting every smart thing you’ve ever read, this book will help you start a lifelong habit of capturing brilliance–one awkward, scribbled note at a time. Because let’s face it: your best ideas deserve better than the inside of your brain.