If you want to start journaling, a commonplace book is a low-stakes entrypoint. Studies have shown that journaling can boost your mental health and help you process difficult emotions-even if you ...

Centuries ago, long before highlighters, sticky notes, and productivity apps, people faced one significant problem: how to hold onto important ideas. Their solution? Commonplace books. In the late ...

Commonplace books were once ... well, commonplace. Although the idea dates back to the ancients, the commonplace book—a personal compendium of quotations taken from books and conversations, historical ...

If you have a crisp, new notebook you’re dying to write in, but aren’t sure where to start, why not grab a pen and start filling it with random thoughts and ideas? A journal that’s packed with ...

Income, status, meaning – for most people they're merged. You need status for income and you try to gain both through work that means something to you. Aging often affords more time for meaning ...