# Why You Should Be Keeping a Commonplace Book

## Metadata
- Author: [[Matthew Vere]]
- Full Title: Why You Should Be Keeping a Commonplace Book
- Category: #articles
- URL: https://medium.com/p/30d256c2db0
## Highlights
- “A commonplace book is a central resource or depository for ideas, quotes, anecdotes, observations and information you come across during your life and didactic pursuits. The purpose of the book is to record and organize these gems for later use in your life, in your business, in your writing, speaking or whatever it is that you do.