The Idea Shepherd
Greg WheelerHow to think deeply and find patterns in your own mind — through the practice of keeping a digital commonplace book.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Only free issues | Publishes | Twice weekly |
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I wrote a book. That still feels odd to type.
It’s called Thinking With a Commonplace Book: The slow work of letting one sentence change you.
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