![]() ![]() I suggest editing in Google Docs because it’s easier to remove all instance of “Read more at location. Then, copy the book’s notes and highlights and paste them into your preferred word processor. To access your notes and highlights, go to /notebook and log in. One of my favorite ways to do that is to highlight words and even sentences that I can potentially model in my writing.For example, if I come across a word I like and can use in future, I’ll highlight it and leave a note with “WIL” (“Word I Like”) and add it to a page in Notion. ![]() (More on that shortly.)Īs a content marketer, it’s important that I’m always honing my writing skills and expanding my vocabulary. By leaving a note for myself to return to, however, I have everything I need to edit the highlight for brevity. ![]() Without returning to the book, it’s impossible to know who “Scott” is, or why his input was included in the book. Jacob’s Thanks a Thousand, Jacobs recounts a conversation between him and his friend Scott Barry Kaufman. Instances like the above are especially common with highlights referring to the advice given to or acquired by the author.įor example, in A.J. Doing so makes life easier if you want to write a book summary. When taking notes, then, it’s important to leave reminders for yourself with regards to what a highlight is in reference to. Without the context surrounding the highlight, it’s impossible to know that “It” refers to building “identity-based habits.” Take the below highlight, for example, from James Clear’s Atomic Habits. Without it, it was impossible to retain and recall what I read. The problem, though, was when I exported my notes and highlights, they no longer had meaning because they lacked the surrounding context. I would read a book that would introduce me to an idea that excited me, and like many readers, highlight it with the intention to export and add it somewhere for future reference. So, in this article, I’ll share how to build a Notion commonplace book, step-by-step, even if you can’t devote much time to it. Holiday’s commonplace book, comprising thousands of hand-written note cards, inspired me to get creative and create one of my own, only digitally.Īfter writing about how I built an Evernote commonplace book and why I eventually moved it to Notion, I got a lot of questions about my approach to “commonplacing.” So I took this template I found (I unfortunately forgot the source) and adjusted it to my needs so it would work better for me.A few years ago, I read an article by author Ryan Holiday about how and why to keep “a commonplace book.”Ī commonplace book, if you’re unfamiliar, is a notebook, digital or otherwise, that you fill with information like ideas from books, notes from courses, thought-provoking quotes, and more. Not knowing back then that this would become a great year to not go anywhere and just sit inside and read. So back to reading, somewhere late 2019 I came across a template somewhere for tracking reading habits and I thought that it could be fun to start tracking my own reading. One of the great things about Notion is that you can share templates with others to give them a headstart when they want to start building systems that work for them inside Notion. Users can connect these components to create their own systems for knowledge management, note taking, data management, project management, among others. Notion is an application that provides components such as databases, kanban boards, wikis, calendars and reminders. People that know me, know that I am quite the fan of Notion.so I use it for almost everything in my life that needs organizing or things I want to track or keep track of.įor those of you that have no idea what Notion can do, a quick wikipedia summary of Notion. ![]() But a list of all the books I consumed this year and that I tracked in Notion. So I figured I should do my own little list, that is not a top 20 best "XYZ '' List. With the end of this interesting year approaching really quick now, the time for lists is starting again all over the web. ![]()
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