The Absolute BEST Way to Use a Notebook

[@ParkerNotes]

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[@bruh55547]

I use one notebook at a time and do all of these in there. I take it everywhere to write ideas, thoughts, quotes, notes on books, life organization, and goals.

[@mayneric]

A hybrid commonplace book. Nice!

[@juuleeuh666]

Same, I’m too scattered and travel too much to have different notebooks for everything 🥲

[@DrTomTonkin]

Me too

[@PSW-bz4vj]

That's my favorite way to do it as well after trying many methods. It's nice to have everything in one place. Marking it with cheap tabs makes it easy to mark pages.

[@Fwm_fam_2.0]

Ok and when its full, what to do with it

[@Jehanuary]

Yes! Everyone must’ve thought I was so crazy at the cafe today when I pulled out notebooks nonstop out of my bag

[@MisterCross]

Notebook junkie since I was little kid. My dad was an industrial engineer, artist, photographer. He always had stacks of notebooks, drafting pencils artist pencils and pens in his desk and various sets of Cross pen & pencil sets, no we are not related to the Cross pens, haha. I always ran around as a kid with a leather binder my dad gave me and wrote in it when I was a kid. But my obsession with all things pen related began when I was in fourth grade and my 10th birthday my dad bought me my first Cross pen & pencil set ✒️📓📕

[@serenamegaleonid9150]

Beautiful!

[@charliegoodson8247]

I started using a journal to relieve symptoms of ADHD. I keep a 5-star notebook from Walmart on me at all times and record what I am thinking when ideas happen and my ever-constant questions. When I need to write out my feelings, I switch to the 3rd person and tell myself a story about what I am experiencing to help me make sense of it. At the end of the week, I keep the best parts, record them, and analyze myself in a larger journal. It is a sketchbook that Walmart sells. I do this every Sunday afternoon, seeing it as a conversation between my past and future self.

[@rjbracken09]

I really enjoy your content. Being a Marine Corps Veteran that has spent some time in Wounded Warriors-they taught me that carrying a notebook around and being able to log my day and reflect how that day went every evening is one of the best forms of therapy one can do for themselves. I have multiple different notebooks but really like the idea of an analog lifestyle. Keep up the great content! 📓

[@dennisheger3076]

Semper Fi brother!

[@teddywilliams4112]

📓notebook buying junkie, below average at filling them out fully & organizing them… but working on it, which is one reason why I love this channel

[@genghisgalahad8465]

I'm probably not far off in guessing 25 notebooks, some filled, some unfinished, some untouched... but using one notebook for each word in your comment?

[@ParkerNotes]

🙌🙌🙌🫡💪🤝 really appreciate you! First channel member right here💪💪

[@teddywilliams4112]

@@ParkerNotes let’s go baby, keep up the phenomenal work my good dude

[@Scarshadow666]

Same here - and often jumping around between multiple notebooks, journals, and sketchbooks to use lol. ^^;

[@Ryza_d]

I've adopted a simple system: - Catch all journal/diary: Literally just unload my brain into this one. Basically everything (except my other notebook stuff) goes here. Plans, thoughts, feeling, musings, etc. - workout/training log: self explanatory. I know we have apps for this, but I just like physically writing it all down. - everyday carry pocket notebook: for catching stuff when I'm out and about that I needa remember. Plus things like shopping lists and dates/appointments I shouldn't be forgetting. - Manuscript/compendium/commonplace thingo: I just transfer my scribble of annotations from the books I'm reading just to try to retain some of that info. It's messy as hell, but that's a reflection of me as a person and I'm fine with it.

[@Joshua.B.Buzzard]

I use notebooks for memorizing concepts in detail. Each page acts like a note card which logically proceeds from the next. These are kept in my pocket and I then recite the information throughout the day, looking as needed. I'm currently memorizing chapter summaries for every book in the Bible, as well as memory verses for the chapters. I want to hold the entire book in summarized form within my mind.

[@andyscoles46]

🤔📓 I'm here because I've been trying to simplify and declutter my digital life and write things down by hand more often, since I'm convinced there are mental benefits to doing so. I'm just trying to get ideas on how to build my notebook system. It has always felt overwhelming because the sky is literally the limit on what you can do with notebooks, and I haven't always been the best at actually writing in them habitually. Thanks for the suggestions!

[@NotTelling-p8v]

Bullet journalling is a great start

[@J.J.theLesbo]

(📒) I started writing/journaling at the age of 10. It was more of a diary than anything, and it was mostly nonsensical ramblings of a young child. But as the years grew by, I grew fond of writing and just collecting and assessing my thoughts. Currently, I've only been writing for half a decade, but it has already helped me so much-from helping me realize the kind of person I am, realizing how my mind works, whom I wish to be in the future, and etc. And thanks to this video and channel, I now know what to call my notebooks and how to differentiate my journals, from my catch-it-all, and etc. Thanks so much, ParkNotes!

[@MyHobbyChannel700]

I have started using more and more notebooks because of your videos. I have a catch all pocket notebook, a reading log of sorts, a Sunday sermon journal, and I’m starting a nature log too. It’s been such a breath of fresh air to step away from technology (IT by trade) and take a more analog approach to things. 🧙🏼‍♂️

[@ParkerNotes]

I love to see this!! Glad you're getting a bit of relief from tech!!

[@deanatkinson9097]

📘🧙🏻‍♂️I use a catch all, a work log book / to-do daily book, a sketchbook for ideas, a daily journal for thought and feelings… I think the trick is to find a level that suits you… I tried bullet journaling but found I was spending more time filling it in than actually working or thinking so dropped that… thanks for the videos really enjoy them

[@pasousam]

As soon as I saw that beautiful masterpiece of a mustache, I knew he wasn't bluffing about being a philosopher.

[@jessmagana]

📓🧙🏽I LOVE notebooks. Specifically those I can insert into leather journal covers. I have a pocket leather journal with three inserts, a standard Traveler’s Notebook sized leather journal with two inserts and an A5 sized leather journal with one insert. In the pocket leather journal I have one insert I use as my bullet journal, another insert I use as a “catch all” notebook, and an insert I use as a reading log (which I recently started after watching your reading log video). In the standard sized Traveler’s Notebook journal, I have an insert I use as a common place notebook and an insert I use as a diary. Lastly, in my A5 sized leather journal, I have an insert I have been trying to figure out what to do with. This video gave me lots of great ideas! Thanks so much for taking the time to make this video.

[@jseymour84]

This is my absolute favorite video! My own journey started when I came across Tiago Forte's second brain concept, then I wasted months going from app to app, building workflow after workflow and not achieving any results. I then discovered the analog Zettelkasten, and again, I wasted time obsessing over the system and workflow without achieving anything. I think notebooks are the answer for me. I want to start a KZbin channel, but I need to do some discovery around the niche and content so that sounds like a great use for a deep thinking journal. I also started carrying a pocket notebook for a catch all, and I am using my plasma donation money this week to order some more Leichturnn notebooks for topical commonplace books so I can start actually working on this huge stack of books I've been buying over the months.

[@viktoriaberg8706]

Gosh, that was extensive! New subscriber here. I am 58 and have kept notebooks/diaries all my life. I find that every so often I need to re-organize depending on my lifestyle, which changes. To lighten my load I keep thoughts in Obsidian, Experiences in Diaro (with photos) and an art journal (with drawings), and I Self-master with two calenders (work and private), a bunch of lists (to do, reading, to buy, etc) and a bujo for tracking habits I want to develop (mostly health-related). It is fun to browse through notebooks from 20-30 years ago, and see how not just I, but the world has developed. I enjoy everything digital, it has made the world more accessible to me, which I appreciate so much! 😊

[@Eli-jl2qu]

I love these videos. So much useful info instead of the usual "this is how I decorate my journal" I´ve found so far. So much info that I find myself taking notes on how to take notes.

[@cherylbalmas4901]

Same! I’m actually using one of my thick passport sized notebooks to keep notes of all these great suggestions here. Kind of like a notebook for notebooks and sounds weird but I’m trying to collect all these inspirational ideas in one place or I’ll lose them.

[@iWizard]

I just started using notebooks because of your advocacy. I'm keeping it simple and using only one. I don't think I can handle anything more than that. It'll mostly be gleaned and self-generated thoughts. Thanks for this!

[@stevengomez2669]

📓 I’m kind of the opposite of you in how I notebook: there’s one for pretty much everything. Class notes (doing my second masters in theology) are in their own books, as is any fiction writing project. But my personal life gets one notebook. It’s my planner, diary, reflection journal, prayer journal, reading log, movie/show log… it’s like the paper version of me and my mind and it goes with me everywhere in a great leather cover. I also want to take this chance to thank you for making these videos. I found your channel while looking for some inspiration about how to better organize and use my notebook, and came across your video about soliloquies. You’re pretty inspiring, Parker! This one gives me some great ways to think about my personal writing. Please make that video about a personal handbook! And I’d also love to know where you studied theology. Keep up the good work, Notebook Sage and Wizard. 🧙🏼‍♂️

[@rcollingridge1]

I really like your videos on stuff like this, so much content about journaling is about productivity and optimising your time in quite a capitalistic way, while this is a lot more about living philosophically and intentionally - just feels a lot more sustainable and nourishing, it’s great

[@ParkerNotes]

I'm so glad to hear this!! I'm studied philosophy and I want to share that, If I can slip in some productivity that can help, I will, but it's always going to be philosophy first

[@CaroleBoulware]

Thank you for mentioning the smythson notebooks - this was the perfect cherry on top of the gift I’m giving my fiancé on our wedding day, he’s a writer and a film buff too.

[@ParkerNotes]

Yessssss!!!!! He is going to love it. That's so cool! Great idea.

[@ILoveMaths07]

Profound thanks, brother! I'm a polymath who's crippled by severe ADHD. I'm 33, and I would've become a polymath like you if I only weren't so lethargic all the time. I have a lot of notebooks, too, that I've bought over the years, but they're all blank. Thanks for motivating me again! I'm definitely going to incorporate some of your ideas. I've been wanting to have a dictionary book for over a decade now. I have had a couple, but I failed to be consistent and stopped recording words after a while. As a teenager or a pre-teen, I recall having a tall notebook for useless info/trivia. I recall cutting and pasting clippings from magazines. Good old days! Again, I wasn't consistent, and I stopped doing that after a while. I'm always very low on energy. Too low to even exercise. I used to be the best at taking notes in college. For some courses, I'd take notes by hand very quickly. But for others, I'd be too lazy to take notes. The most recent thing I've done is voice-recording class lectures. But I have almost never listened to them later to take notes. 😢 I was going through your recent philosophy books for beginners video (again) today and was planning to get some of those books and start reading them. I made it to the end, and I watched everything. Looking forward to the proverbs! 🧙‍♂️

[@baejay798]

Fellow ADHD'er here who has thousands of blank notebooks under their belt. Paper notebooks don't tend to work for people with ADHD because as soon as we set it down or put it into a drawer, we forget about it. It's just much better to do things digitally. Apple notes is great, Notion, Obsidian, and One Note are also good options. The ability to search is a Godsend for ADHD.

[@logicaestrex2278]

so as someone else with adhd and autism, i would disagree with bae over here. we just need to use different methods

[@logicaestrex2278]

@@baejay798 i wouldnt agree with this. ill give some methods and whatnot when i get home and have more time but we can make it work, and i find its actually far superior once you do find a working system. more explanations later though lol

[@logicaestrex2278]

ok so, i have returned lol. bullet journaling in the way originally defined by Ryder Carroll was create specifically because he has adhd. thats a great system, although some just use it as a calendar. thats moreso how i use it. i put notes and things on notecards. i can go more into that if you want to use a system like that for notes. but ids say bullet journaling and also common place books if you want something even simpler. if you feel lost or need help, feel free to ask buddy :)

[@ILoveMaths07]

I'm a 90s kid. I did try writing on my laptop, and I liked it for a few days, but it was quite annoying to write on a screen. I prefer pen and paper/a notebook - old school is the best school!

[@PamelaRubel]

I keep one notebook that is like a hybrid commonplace book/journal/project book, but I keep everything, EXCEPT for chores, groceries, appointments and finances. For chores and groceries I use a tiny pocket notebook I always have with me and/or a widget list on my phone. For appointments I use my phone calendar, and for finances I have a dedicated budget planner. So I have my commonplace/journal, a tiny pocket notebook, a budget planner and my smartphone. I think more than this would overwhelm this. One more thing I like to make is lists, and just categorizing stuff in a way that is easy to search and compare, so for that I do use Excel, and compliment it with Obsidian to expand on the topics Im making lists about.

[@Sonicman415]

📓 I’m a fountain pen enthusiast, I am also an on and off lifelong journaler (mostly emotional processing). Now I’m obsessed w types of paper. I also keep commonplace books, quotes, poetry books, affirmations, study and book notes. I write songs, and prose. I love your names for your categories, how detailed they are detailed, and how varied. Fun! I name my different journals, most recent name.. Book of no rules. I suppose it is a catch all. See, notebook 🧙‍♂️ ha

[@danive89]

🧙‍♂️Catch all is definitely a great starting point for everything. I’ve always struggled trying to place my daily tasks both personal and work related, trying to figure out what goes were. Luckily this year I got a planner that was just monthly view and notes. Honestly it works more than anything from the previous years. Also have a blank 240pg notebook as my diary. Used to have a daily dairy with dates written and honestly stopped using it because it came with the pressure of filling up the entire page. Blank notebook allows me to write however much I want for the day sometimes half a page, sometimes 2 lines. No guilt whatsoever. I can use it cover to cover so I don’t have to discard it yearly. And somehow I managed to be consistent and it motivates me to keep writing daily.

[@ParkerNotes]

🙌🙌🙌🙌

[@RojArts]

I now know your channel for a while and I knew that your obsessed with notebooks , but I am fascinated every time for which things you have a notebook. Like a "workout log", what!?

[@szniok]

As someone who’s just getting started with the gym, I could see it being very useful. My experience with exercise is one based in intently listening to my body, something I took from practicing yoga for around 6 years. We all have little anatomical quirks that could make certain exercises unpleasant or even painful. It makes sense to note those sensations and work them out by trying a different technique or adjusting the grip. It also makes sense to write down measurements if that’s the sort of thing you care about.

[@remyvegamedia]

I'm still trying to figure out a method, but I think I narrowed down what types of notebooks would be most practical for me after watching this. The concept of a soliloquies journal, specifically, is the exact thing I've been trying to accomplish, but didn't quite have the word for it and had forgotten your mention of it in a previous video. Very helpful. Thanks again, man.

[@DevSolitario]

Your channel is incredible Mr. Parker, I just discovered your channel by accident and I don't regret following your content, you're incredible, keep making these types of videos

[@oreo4881]

This is the best video on that topic. I will be using 3 Notebooks. One for thoughts ( personal and collected ) so it will contain quotes, information, and my insights on ideas to know thyself The second one will be for experiences. Daily, weekly, quarterly, and annual reflection. Reviewing my progress and a diary, I will ask myself what I did well. How would I do that thing differently? The last one will be for self-mastery (goals, tasks, time blocking ) and also it will be my catch-all as it is a pocket notebook.

[@panteafarsijani9518]

📓📗📔📘📙📒I'm a crazy notebook person. Bujo, philosophy notes, physics notes, memories I need to work through. And morning journal. Also ideas, for both stories or business plans.😂

[@maywang5464]

Same here

[@brianchasecook20]

Brother, you've changed my life. I've been in and out of logging collections for years. I've got sooo much going on in my mind and gotta get it out but never had a systematic way to process and categorize data. I was trying to put it all in one notebook. It was either too small and clumsy or too large and not portable. But you have removed the guilt of having multiple notebooks 🤣Specifically with the catch-all pocket notebook. I've fused my bullet journal with a catch-all in a pocket size and it has changed everything. And now I can leave all those hefty exegetical thoughts at home, tucked nice and neat in their own notebooks. Thanks!!

[@egekoeln]

You make me love notebooks and writing in general more and more with each video... 🧙🏼

[@ParkerNotes]

🙌🙌🙌💪

[@ThePathOfAshes]

📓 journaler out of necessity. With my autism and adhd my head is always full, overwhelmed, and journals give me structure, a place to offload the brain brees and actually engage with thoughts and what not that usually fly me by in my head. I keep a morning page journal, a Companion journal that records my reading logs & book notes as well as thoughts and such throughout the day, a gender journal where I think on my gender experience and how my transition affects it, creative writing notebook for some daily creativity as well as one for the world I'm building in TTRPG, just to name a couple. I really love the way you talk about notebooks and related topics, keep them going 👌

[@JeremyDeBose]

I have a Leuchtturm pocket for philosophical ramblings/monologues and their Bullet Journal 2 for organization/daily reflections. I hope each will help me reach my goals. I definitely need an A5 for the philosophical thoughts because the pocket is filling up quickly 😂

[@kmratliff]

🧙‍♂️I always enjoy your content, you have motivated me to get back to reading and philosophy which has helped me out of a deep spiral of depression due to being laid off. Always love to hear your ideas, as for me I have been keeping a catch all for awhile and have started branching out to other types of notebooks as I have been learning more!

[@ParkerNotes]

Let's go!!!! This is the best. I'm so glad. And I know those catch-alls are gateway notebooks 😅 keep going! This is awesome

[@karendavidson6580]

I've a bujo, a weekly organizer, journal notebook, personal size TN, Bible study/prayer journal and several that I haven't started yet but have ideas for. TY for sharing your philosophy.

[@Fclwilson]

Lol 🧙 I keep an informal diary, a few catch-alls littered around my house , a digital system for my notes, and notebooks for developing my writing.

[@ParkerNotes]

Sounds like you're killing it 🫡

[@laurahousemanjohnson7100]

I do something similar with one notebook! Yes…I go through several notebooks in a year! I divide my sections by gluing on a paper tab to keep it organized and so I can find things easily ! I so appreciate your showing this! I look forward to seeing more of your work. I do separate into 2 different notebooks using one for church and studying Gods word and a separate notebook for work. My 3 notebooks go with me everywhere! It’s refreshing to know that someone else does this!!! Thank you!

[@ry.0]

🧙‍♂️The same but in digital + random notebook. When I need to disconnect or write in class I use physical paper. Then everything goes in a photo online or to the place it belongs (google sheets, calendar, tasks, notion, drive, keep). The thing is to actualize them when reviewing. I need to take another photo on that and delete the previous one 😂 💤.

[@ParkerNotes]

🙌🙌🙌

[@joannealton6041]

📘📓I've been writing in notebooks and journals for almost 40 years. I have over 80 notebooks and journals. You could almost say I have an addiction to anything one can write in. I have many empty notebooks that I've had for years, so although I love writing in journals and notebooks; I love collecting them slightly more. As we speak, I have many started notebooks and journals. I am using one to study the Bible, one to write down prayers for my children, one to just write about my day, and quite a few to do art journaling. Great video!

[@IZSIN222]

One of my favorite youtubers. Thanks for the info you've given and for getting me into writing more this year

[@ParkerNotes]

Let's go! So glad to have you here on the journey with me🤝

[@fional4696]

I love these ideas. Everytime I watch your videos I think I buy a new notebook. 😂 I’ve tried many different types, but what currently works for me (and that I keep up): a long form “what happened in my day” journal; a commonplace book for the different online courses I take and nonfiction books I read; a personal proverbs collection; a book reading record (with reviews); a creative writing ideas book; and a spiritual practices journal (Centering prayer insights, mindfulness etc). Also I keep visual art diaries (a variety of sketchbooks for different art media). I used to also keep a cognitive diary for discussions with my psychologist when I was first working through anxiety and depression. I find handwriting personally necessary for retaining and assimilating the information long-term. Thanks again for another inspiring video. 😊

[@marcospsalves713]

Hey Park, greetings from Brazil, thanks for the video, it really helped me.

[@ParkerNotes]

🙌🙌🙌🫡 I'm so glad!

[@Whofan31]

This was SO HELPFUL!! thank you so much 📓 🧙 I was busy taking notes in my catch all while watching and took a screenshot of your mind map for future reference. This is another one of your videos I’m going to need to watch more than once as there is *SO* much helpful info in it! I take notes of pretty much everything, but they are really disorganised, so this is super helpful to think about how I can organise them to make them more helpful. I use a bullet journal, a long form journal (you would term it a diary) an A5 catch all for meeting notes, ideas, notes from phone calls etc. There were two things that jumped out at me, the journal questions of what happened, how did I feel about it and THEN the extra what action did i take and how was it received. I have added what could I do differently as well. The other thing was “what am I going to use this notebook for?” I bought two new notebooks after watching your deep thinking journal video and then had analysis paralysis of what am i going to use this for? Which subjects? Why do I need to keep a commonplace book? A general one or a subject specific one? so this has made me pause and think before diving in. I would definitely be interested in a personal handbook video as I also have a bunch of index cards with notes on - mine are DBT skills and stuff so this idea really speaks to me. Thanks and keep up the great work. Love this channel.

[@aikachan0883]

📓 📔 📒 the way I notebook is doing a Diary, work schedule, about my list to do , list of goals , a list of skincare and about other topics I want to document my notebook is so chaotic

[@andrewgonzalez7143]

📒📓 my first notebook I'd carry outside school was an old sketchbook I'd doodle in as a child. Years passed without analog note taking, and then in college, I EDCed a pocket notebook as a catch-all for the past 7 or 8 years. Lifesaver. And now I'm trying to start a Zibaldone/Manuscript Commonplace book.

[@Matthewwithers33]

📒 I use notebooks alot😂 in fact while watching this I’m adding to my TBR list in my spiral notebook and marking off books I’ve finished recently

[@dranandame]

As a person with a ton of notebooks, this video is amazing and helpful.

[@ParkerNotes]

🙌🙌🙌 let's go!

[@Chefbrycemcnabb]

📙 I’m a little addicted to my notebooks. I am ok with that.

[@ParkerNotes]

Haha same here!

[@NineInchFailz]

I have four notebooks 1. My weekly journal/diary that’s more like a monthly journal/diary 2. A mass collection of notebooks where I took notes on the books I read for a planned KZbin channel that I’ll never get around to making 3. My workout logs that I for some reason like to keep over the years 4. My pocket notebook with everything possible scribble you could imagine Never thought I’d end up being a notebook guy, didn’t set out to be, yet here we are lol

[@yourdespair5886]

Magnificent moustache dude

[@ParkerNotes]

🙌🤝🤝🤝

[@secretteapot8730]

📓 "what task do you need a tool for?" Is maybe the best starting point I've heard someone boil this down to. Ty for the illuminating breakdown!

[@ParkerNotes]

🙌🙌🙌🫡🫡🫡 thank you I was hoping someone would appreciate that!

[@secretteapot8730]

@ParkerNotes indeed! It can be so easy to get caught up in my thoughts and unintentionally overcomplicate things no matter how simple they are. Thinking in broad terms like this can be very helpful to reorient my thought process 😅

[@amokbel]

📓🤔 my challenge is to not get confused on how to categorize my knowledge

[@technicalilm8999]

I have a primary notebook that have todo tasks, weekly planner, accounts & reminders. I used to have a two other notebooks which I was unable to manage, I was never able to stick to a topic for them it could be because I was just starting out and this kind of categorization takes time albeit after watching your videos It is now clearer to me how can i use those differently and effeciently. Thank you for this video.

[@MyLoVeLyMaN]

I still haven't found what works for me. I've always been attracted to big A5 sized notebooks, which I like for journalling and that's what I have been doing since I was a teen.. but I don't want to carry heavy stuff around, so this system has worked cause I like to journal in the evening. To encourage myself writing down things in the day, I wanna get a smaller notebook to carry around. So simple, yet never committed to it. I enjoy minimalism and even though I like the idea of specific notebook for different things, and have tried that, that occupies too much physical space and I also get overwhelmed and never actually manage to keep up with all the notebooks. I need something simple and all in one, so I think just gonna get myself one notebook that is very portable and use it for everything - guess will need replacing often! I've been loving writing down things I'm grateful for. Such a boost of positivity, for some reason I've stopped but wanna go back to it asap!

[@WonderAboutUs]

I have my notebooks going all the way back to the early nineties. Thanks for your videos they help me think more deeply about the way I collect information.

[@ParkerNotes]

🙌🙌🤝🤝

[@EFergDindrane]

Every video is masterful! I'd love to see more about your prayer journals and your analog day scheduler book. 🧙🏻‍♀

[@stillwaters205]

Oh, thank you for ending with a "catch all" notebook! I'm just starting out, and all those notbooks were making me dizzy. Now, I will track what I'm capturing, so to know what I'm interested in documenting so to start my notes collection. I've learnt a lot from your channel. Thank you 😊

[@malikbishop9798]

📔📓📓I use a journal (for Scripture reading/book notes/ journal journal/ letters/ meditation, and prayers), a catch all, and a pocket proverbs notebook. Using these has drastically improved my thought processing and is also great for my spare time instead of the doom scroll (which I learned through your videos). I've always used a journal since I was a young lad and now learning about various other methods and notebook uses has been great for me mentally and spiritually. I really enjoy your content and also listen to Parker's Pensées... a ton!

[@malikbishop9798]

[@tamouse]

🧙‍♀️ now i am a wizard. Thanks this was a great video. I use several notebooks, for different sorts of things. Most are topical journals and diaries. I do use a bujo and i agree it's much more of a diary than a journal, which is fine. The one thing I'm really lacking are the places for generated thoughts. I loved your breakdown on that. I just flipped my field notes sized notebook that I'm using as my commonplace notebook sideways so I'll have room to write the quote (or whatever) and have space to write my own thoughts beside it, turning it into a manuscript style. I also loved learning the dionaria (?) style- having a dialog with myself (out the various parts of myself) seems like an awesome idea. Thanks so much! ❤

[@Kristenaann]

📕📓 📒 I love notebooks. I keep one for passages that spoke to me from each book I read. I use one for meetings at work. I’ve just started one for studying poetry. And I keep art journals as well. Loved your video.

[@aikachan0883]

That's nice

[@ILCJ1]

📓 I started journaling last year i go through hot and cold fazes, but I write down what I did that day, random thoughts, books I’ve read etc I don’t know if it works or why I do it but I think I do it to get my emotions out because in person I come across as very aloof and distant.

[@scottlapier4797]

8:40 I started doing this at the beginning of the year with a notebook and folio my GF got me as a gift. I feel like its helped me retain and analyze what I'm reading by a considerable margin. Its half journal and half commonplace book. As I'm reading the book i will write down interest or poignant quotes. Once I'm done I write my "review" expanding on the quotes i captured previously

[@jdclise]

I have tons of notebooks and love the whole idea of writing down everything you do but I just never pull the trigger on starting. I love all the writing you do and the idea behind it but I think I don't have that much interesting stuff going on to write down. Awesome videos, keep it up.📓📓📓📓📓

[@ghostyplans]

I love a Travelers Notebook system and a five year diary. It’s been my daily go-to for years now.

[@CrystalRenfrow]

📓📕 I have watched A LOT of videos on KZbin about notebook ideas. You by far have THE BEST content and channel for how to use my MANY notebooks. Thank you forgiving us fresh content about this subject.

[@ParkerNotes]

Thank you!! This is very encouraging 🙌

[@cmmates885]

Thank you for making great videos. 📓I love to carry a pocket notebook everyday as a catch all for thoughts & to do's as well as a seperate notebook at work for task & time management.

[@ParkerNotes]

Thanks for this encouragement! I do the same! I love it. Such a great system

[@infinitemindedone5281]

Probably one of the stranger topics i decided to binge. ❤ I love this page

[@Alexas.nobuyyear]

This is an amazing way to frame what I feel like is commonly referred to just as journaling. The catch-all and I'd even venture to say "trendy" term of "journaling" doesn't appeal to me, but the idea of books for specific purposes does, and I've gleaned many benefits from writing things out. Thanks for making this and for your work on making writing more approachable and desirable to those like me!

[@JerzyImajewski]

I like to get binders and pads of paper to make big intricate bullet journals/diaries of just every little thing about my day to day. To do lists, daily affirmations, goals, etc, etc

[@kurai0607]

🧙‍♀️ i feel like i already watched this video but heck….i will rewatch whenever i feel lost or overwhelmed about my notebook stash

[@ParkerNotes]

🙌🙌🙌🙌🫡

[@marctestarossa]

📓 it started with a bullet journal to help my adhd brain. over the past years my use of the notebook has evolved and i‘m still developing the art of the notebook.

[@marctestarossa]

alright, becoming a notebook wizard is suppose. i‘m in the 7th year of the school of notebooks and i slowly feel some progression.

[@paullyashenko1201]

notebook emoji from me, thanks for good content. i switched to 'catch all' notebook after watching some of your videos, and don't use phone for notes anymore. wish you luck in your work!

[@ParkerNotes]

That's awesome! I hope you're finding the catch-all to be more beneficial than your phone 🤞

[@earmit007]

🧙‍♂️ i use a modified minimalist bullet journal catch all with spreads (so not just a diary) as my note taking system. Im currently writing in a dotted pocket sized Leuchtturm1917 with the 003 Pigma Micron pen (I used plain pocket sized Moleskine notebooks back in the day.) I i haven't started any commonplace books yet but I do plan to sometime between now and starting university in 2025 (Bsc in Cognitive Science.) I always appreciate your channels and look forward to your future content!

[@pauline_f328]

Ooh, book of love is interesting. I mostly have two types of notebooks: catch-all braindump ones to force me to process both thoughts and emotions and pretty much anything else I need on the fly (to-do lists, notetaking, drafting...), and books in which I write what I want to remember. Snapshots of who I was as a person - my thoughts on different topics, what I have on my mind after reading a book, how I feel about one thing or other...Things I want to remember. Like a book of love to myself, in a way, because I don't know who I'll be when I'll reread it in several decades (perhaps even half a century - I have my end-of-life self in mind). I won't remember shit about all this stuff - but I want to remember. It's a way for me to look towards the future

[@Rodzilla-wi1yu]

This was great and very informative! My favorite way to use a notebook is for morning pages.

[@Francisco_Manos]

📓 I have a small pocket notebook that I carry in my back pocket but then I have a larger one that I transfer relevant information. Thank you for your videos.

[@ParkerNotes]

🙌🙌🫡🤝

[@devincornell9795]

📓 I love to collect my thoughts and see my self as a very novice writer and I am incredibly glad that I found your channel. I’ve always been a jumpy scatterbrained person who can’t sit still, but when I pull out my field note book and jot down some cool new ideas it really calms my mind and helps me to focus on what’s important in my life. I’m excited to see what you do in the future my friend 😄

[@null_0404]

Hi, thank you so much for making this video and it has broaden my view on how and why the way I am. It made me realize that I was already doing this at the start of high school when I had no friends and someone to talk to because most of them are really busy and only get to talk at a specific time of the day. Though, I didn't write my philosophical thinking but the patterns match from the way you talk about philosophy. I get bullied when I talk about philosophical thinking out even at home because they didn't like most of the truth I wanted to convey for them and wanting to connect as a kid because I was so lonely that all I can do is think at school staring at beautiful pink blue sky as I think. It may sound like dissociation but know at that time cellphones are prohibited and being quiet is a must.

[@null_0404]

Just to add more appreciation, it made my thinking notes organized and I'm so glad I found your channel because I'm finding the ways to fix my catch all book, keep up the good work. It was messy and I happen to find myself needing it to be perfect in each page, hence skipping a lot of blank papers for that specific subject then finds it not being able to finish. I find this annoying breaking pattern to go back and fourth from going all for one to one for all because I'm in between organized and decluttering maniac. To going in a note app to traditional. It could be a perfectionism buts it's only for me to read so I want to make it easier for future me to read without having the hassle to go and where to find that specific page. And so too, I learned to book bind and recycle to stop the broken pattern. By both of your help in this video, I can rearrange and declutter the papers myself. I have finally reach the maximum level of a notebook and bookworm lover. This makes me feel as if I have discovered the complete life cycle of a book, haha. Thanks again! I hope this can give you an idea to organize, though I see you like to collect the journals instead.

[@legit4pizza671]

📓 I use a notebook for reading log, exercise tracking, to do list, quotes, dictionary, and sermon and bible study notes. I have one for daily carry/catch all, but I am not good at carrying it everywhere. Need to improve on that. The biggest benefit so far since using your system a few montha ago has been the exercise and reading.

[@deborahresnick6086]

📓 I always have multiple notebooks going at the same time. I have a journaling notebook, work notebook, garden notebook, knitting notebook, book notebook...all the notebooks.

[@LewisLittle66]

Love your channel! I already keep all three of these - 📕 a "commonplace book" which is really a combined commonplace + compendium of gleaned information on topics that interest me (mainly history, philosophy, religion and spirituality). Anything I read or watch that I want to remember, I keep in here. I'm a fiction writer so research I'm doing for a story goes in here too. 📕 my "daily pages" which are a combination of lived experiences and self-generated thoughts and reflections. 📕 My bullet journal encompasses all of the self-mastery stuff; tasks, trackers, lists, time-planning, project management etc. I use A5 notebooks for the first two and A6 for the bullet journal.

[@mirroughs7729]

📓🤔I'm a notebook junkie, trying to find ideas on how to best use my notebooks. I found 3 ideas so far, and now I've grabbed a scratchpad to jot notes and work through those ideas after the video to expand on the ideas and further flesh out the notebooks I have in mind. Also, I now need to take notes whenever Parker makes a video to avoid returning at 3am and get the idea train going when I should be sleeping.

[@TRANSLATORMAN]

📓 Brother, I am from Russia. You inspired me to journal and do commonplace books. Thank you!

[@ParkerNotes]

@@TRANSLATORMAN 🙌🙌🙌🤝🤝

[@TRANSLATORMAN]

@@ParkerNotes I am really digging your content. Got myself a new sketchbook and planning to collect quotes that I will use in my ministry and my sermons.

[@eieigo]

🧙‍♀from tokyo, japan! i use 4 notebooks from daiso poket size notebooks to daiso(1coin) medium sized notebooks. one is where I write negative thoughts. another is where I write positive thoughts and sometimes habit tracker(post it) is attached. i write a blog based on my thoughts on quote so I have a notebook for brainstorming about it. the last one is a timeblock daily planner!! thx for the vid! keep going and you are cool!

[@christinevertrees682]

I use a two notebook system. One for like dairy\long thinkings and then a small one for on the go keeping track of dates/trackers and such. 📚📚📚

[@bethwatson2112]

Midori Passport for daily tasks in Tumi small purse, Midori standard for travel in tote bag, Cousin for weekly organization and meeting notes on the dining room table, Jibun Techo for finances (beside Dining Room table as is the)… Hobonichi 5 year for memory keeping and weather documentation Part of the Morning Routine also), Amazon green cover A5 lined notebook for book notes, Esmie 8 x 11 for Morning Pages.

[@earmit007]

In your personal notebook/handbook you should include how to set up personal protocals. I've been working on including some here and there (quite a few from Hubermanlab) with varied success but the idea of a dedicated book for this sounds like it would be a great help. I definitely want to see that video!

[@foxkocreates]

Mate what a fantastic and comprehensive look at notebooks. Really enjoyed this and found it incredibly helpful. It was nice to reflect on why I keep notebooks and what I am trying to get out of it. It was also interesting to see some uses I hadn't thought of. Thanks for sharing!

[@ParkerNotes]

@@foxkocreates let's go! I'm so glad you liked it. Thanks for this thoughtful comment, glad to see other noteheads out there

[@moonhwi3754]

📓 i am a massive notebook nerd. i believe in the commonplace book and im completely partial to Midori's MD Notebook [A5] Grid. having the most satisfying paper and pen to write with and to dump out my thoughts, ideas, plans all in one place has been such a pleasure

[@mirsolus7789]

Really loved this video! I'm definitely going to pick up some of these notebook ideas! Keep up the awesome content!

[@ParkerNotes]

So glad you liked it

[@jenniferp4944]

Great video. I have tons of notebooks (mostly just cheap collegeblocks or even mere binders with different categories). I wrote in all of them, as I am interested in many different topics and I love taking notes manually. However, I am a little overwhelmed by the amount of notes and notebooks. So, how do you organize them? Do you recycle from time to time, or go through the old notebooks and write the information that is still relevant in a new notebook? The last thing I want is a pile or shelf of used up notebooks gathering dust, if I don't refer back to them. I also noticed, that some of the pages are actually fading, and a lot of the information is obsolete after a while (like with lecture notes, once you progress to advanced courses in the same field). However, I am also adamant of just throwing them out. Any advice would be appreciated.

[@jackunderwood6816]

You are note🧙‍♂️book nut but i enjoy your videos and you help me kind of organize myself more everyday. I have many notebooks, and have had trouble trying to differentiate where to put everything...its overwhelming sometimes but you help me a lot. Thanks

[@ParkerNotes]

🙌🙌🙌🤝🤝🤝

[@aakashshirudkar8781]

🤔… here cuz I’m moving out (pretty far) to law school soon. I cant wait to start that journey and i wanna journal and capture my experiences from now on

[@KweeLewis]

📘 Forever. But seem to never find my “perfect” fit. Your video encourages me. Thank you.

[@fufhi3102]

My first and only notebook is a catch all. I feel like it’s perfect for just putting everything into it, so time will tell what kind of notebook categories make sense to one personally. Thank you very much for that nifty overview, that definitely helped a lot 🧙‍♂️ 📓

[@JessicaPawlitzki]

📓 I typically use 2-3 notebooks. The first one is a journal for my private life. It covers everything from thoughts and feelings, nutrition, hobbies, reading stats, vacations, etc. The second one is a journal for my work life. I'm an independent vocal coach, singer and blogger and journaling about all these various hats, all the responsibilities, my own vocal training as a singer, reviews about my work weeks so I can become a better coach, event plan for my business, conference notes, blog schedule, writing ideas, etc. has been the single best decision in my entire career. Without a journal I'd be a mess and far less capable. The third one is a recent addition, a cahier notebook for writing practice. I'll probably merge this one with the job journal since there's a lot of overlap. For now a separate one works well just to get back into the habit of daily writing and potentially fueling my blogger self.

[@Ivotech]

📓 have a catch all, a work notebook for taking notes, a personal for thinking on paper, and tons of journals, diaries, and log books 😅

[@x0rZ15t]

📓Have 2 working notebooks with me (1 notepad on me always), and a bunch different ones in storage waiting their turn. Still learning to use them at full potential so your videos are greatly appreciated.