mo_museum
@monikakrueger
mo_museum
what does it mean to have self-reverence? it’s the deep, unwavering respect you hold for yourself—not just in moments of success, but in the quiet, unglamorous choices you make every day. it’s a step beyond self-love because it’s not just about self-care; it’s about honoring yourself at the highest level.
you don't need more discipline, you need devotion.
the importance of journal keeping as a powerful tool for creative expression and self-healing, and a way to help solidify thoughts in both one’s personal and literary life.
Phillip Lopate • Writers and Their Notebooks
Commonplace books were a portal through which educated people interacted with the world. They drew on their notebooks in conversation and used them to connect bits of knowledge from different sources and to inspire their own thinking.
Tiago Forte • Building a Second Brain: A Proven Method to Organise Your Digital Life and Unlock Your Creative Potential
My reason is existential. By writing the things that pop into my head down into my notebook, I teach my brain that those ideas - my ideas - are worthy of being written down at all.
Each note becomes another brick of the house I’m building, a monument to a simple yet elusive truth: that what I notice is worth noticing.
Each note becomes another brick of the house I’m building, a monument to a simple yet elusive truth: that what I notice is worth noticing.
"Why do I keep a notebook at all?"
Look, my commonplace book is easily justified. I write and speak about things for a living. I need this resource. But so do you. You write papers, memos, emails, notes to friends, birthday cards, give advice, have conversations at dinner, console loved ones, tell someone special how you feel about them. All these are opportunities to use the wisdom... See more
Ryan Holiday • How And Why To Keep A “Commonplace Book”
A real-time capture log implies that your own life is the best source for inspiration; not feeds, articles, or encyclopedias. Having a public log changes how I see the world. Every moment, experience, and conversation is an opportunity.
Akanksha Pandey • march - log - 2025: thoughts on everything I am making sense of
“logging” as separate from journaling: whenever a thought seems noteworthy, jot it down…multiple times a day. The next morning, read the thoughts from previous day, save the ones you like, archive the rest.
But every log of mine is a moment that crossed some threshold of novelty. It’s like I rotate outside of my head to face myself, examining the thought I’m thinking or sight I’m seeing. I am statue man, 5x a day.