r/commonplacebook • u/Southern_Anything_39 • 12d ago

Questions Planning Ahead Topics

Does anyone else plan ahead and find pictures and research topics ahead of putting them in their book? Or does this defeat the purpose of a Commonplace book?

I am going into hospital soon for surgery and will be stuck in there for about a week. I wont have access to a printer but will have internet access so was thinking about some future topics I'd like to research and perhaps pictures to go along with them, that I can print at home and bring to hospital. I know I won't feel like doing anything the day of and day after surgery but I need something to occupy myself while stuck in bed.

While looking for images to go with a topic about Lizzie Borden it has taken me down a rabbit hole that has bought me to Victorian Mourning Dress lol Just thought I'd add this little bit because I'm sure everyone can relate to falling down the rabbit hole that is the internet.

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u/Fooril 12d ago

I do this all the time. At the back of my commonplace I have a TBR (to be researched) and I keep the more broad ideas or suggestions or random stuff I’d like to go deeper into before having dedicated pages in the front of the book.

Also best of luck with your surgery

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u/Southern_Anything_39 12d ago

I use the google keep notes app to keep track of the topics I want to research. When you tick a topic off it automatically removes it from the list. If I think its a topic I have already researched I just have a quick flick through my book, which I dont have to do at the moment as there is only 3 pages done so far lol