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Journaling Learning

Creating a Personal Dictionary: A Guide (And Let’s See What ChatGPT Says)

January 20, 2025January 20, 2025 Allen

Several months ago I started making my own Personal Dictionary as a way to I’ve shared some ideas below in case you’d like to make

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Books Journaling Thinking

A Technological Innovation: The Notebook

December 6, 2024December 6, 2024 Allen

Rather than provide a detailed review, or parsing through my reading notes, I will provide some higher level perspective on the history of the notebook,

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Journaling Learning Thinking Writings

Should You Be Writing Morning Pages?

November 25, 2024November 26, 2024 Allen

What They Are (excerpts from The Artist’s Way) What’s The Point? To me, what we are trying to do is to practice writing and thinking

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Journaling Learning Thinking Writings

Yes, You Should Be Keeping A Common Place Book

November 8, 2024May 12, 2025 Allen

What It Is What It Is Not A place to write down quotes, ideas, information for further reading or research A collection of to do

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Journaling Visuals

One of the world’s largest fountain pen meetups! A Photo essay.

October 13, 2024October 18, 2024 Allen

Pelikan is a long standing fountain pen company that annually sponsors a worldwide event called a Hub. At each Hub, local enthusiasts, led by a

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Journaling Learning Thinking

Interested in Doing More, Better? A Modified GTD Works for Me

July 28, 2024July 28, 2024 Allen

from amazon.com, referring to the 2015 edition Since it was first published almost fifteen years ago, David Allen’s Getting Things Done has become one of the most

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Journaling Visuals

Is this an original Zentangle? (you can do it too!)

July 20, 2024July 20, 2024 Allen

Draw a grid. I used a dot grid pattern. Each square is 2 dots wide by 2 dots high. Distance between the dots is 5

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Journaling Visuals

Pens, Ink, Notebooks, Oh My! (PNW Pen Show Photo Essay)

July 19, 2024July 19, 2024 Allen
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Journaling Visuals

The Hidden Dangers of Fountain Pens

July 1, 2024July 8, 2024 Allen

Example 1 I was tightening up the barrel, the part that holds the ink. I forgot “righty righty, lefty loosy.” Here’s what happened. At least

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Books Journaling Writings

Putting Pen to Paper, but Not Just Any Pen to Any Paper

April 24, 2024April 24, 2024 Allen

In my post about the book Writers on Writing, I didn’t mention my favorite essay in the book because I thought it deserved it’s own

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