100 Days Challenge - Blog Posts

[21/100] days of productivity

Slowly but surely, I'm making an analogical version of my Storygraph. A journal dedicated to tbr lists, monthly wrap-ups, favorite books of the year, etc.

[20/100] days of productivity

Worked on my Substack, started reading White Nights by Fëdor Dostoevskij and listened to Aly and Aj's new album.

[19/100] days of productivity

Finally finished reading Babysitter by Joyce Carol Oates. Omg. So dark and intense! I'm so glad it is over. Now I've just started White Nights by Fëdor Dostoevskij. As for other stuff, I washed my black clothes and went to the grocery store. Pretty casual day.

[18/100] days of productivity

Did a lot of reading. I'm almost finished with Babysitter by Joyce Carol Oates. Such a "traumatic" read, so dark and uncomfortable, but beautifully written. Worked on my Substack. Then went for a little walk at the park.

[17/100] days of productivity

Sunday...do I need to say more?

House chores, a long walk in nature, a little second hand book haul and then just relax for the rest of the day.

[16/100] days of productivity

Finally decided to tackle reading something by Fernando Pessoa. I don't know why but his most popular one, The Book of Disquiet, intimidates me so much, so I decided to start with his poetry. So far so good. Exquisite, I should say!

[15/100] days of productivity

Did research for some articles for my Substack, wrote one, and read a lot while enjoying a delicious afternoon snack.

[14/100] days of productivity

I'm making progress with my process of copying my most valuable screenshots in my commonplace journal. Anything like quotes, interesting facts, useful websites, articles and so on.

I've started transcribing things from Sept. 2023 a couple of days ago, and now I just finished the ones from Oct. 2024!

This is such a therapeutic activity. I love it.

[13/100] days of productivity

I've been really into this task of copying all the good stuff i screenshotted into my commonplace journal. The screenshots started in September 2023 and now I'm transcribing things from June 2024.

I'm slowly catching up!

[12/100] days of productivity

Spent hours copying quotes and other random things collected during the months―thanks to my "obsessive screenshotting mania"―into my commonplace journal.

So relaxing. Almost therapeutic. I recommend.

[11/100] days of productivity

It's Monday, so...you know the gist.

Read, eat, write, repeat.

[10/100] days of productivity

House chores and then just relax. A nice walk. Finally, a cozy mexican dinner with friends.

[9/100] days of productivity

Read...A LOT.

and that's all.

[8/100] days of productivity

worked on some articles for my Substack, made a lot of progress with Babysitter by Joyce Carol Oates (this book is...devastating and kinda traumatic), did house chores, and went for a walk.

[7/100] days of productivity

worked on my May wrap-up article for my Substack, that will be out tomorrow, read A LOT (I'm currently juggling 4 books), and rearranged my bookshelf.

[6/100] days of productivity

I finished reading Lady Chatterley's Lover by D.H. Laurence and started adding my favourite quotes on @literarymood

made notes about a couple of interesting articles (I'll share them soon)

the weather was miserable, but I went to the bookstore just to browse and walk a bit

ate pasta with chickpeas...it was delicious!

[5/100] days of productivity

Made some notes about this article on the Romantic movement and Friedrich's paintings.

Such a nice read!

I'm really enjoying this new commonplace practice, and keeping you posted about it.

[4/100] days of productivity

read this great article about journaling and went through my current notebooks to sort them out.

[3/100] days of productivity

Today's Sunday, so...relax time. The only productive thing I did from my list was reading. Started this little book about Sappho that I found in a thrift store recently.

Obviously, I also did some house chores etc but I don't track that stuff here. Then I watched several episodes of Dark. So unsettling, tangled and raw. I'm addicted.

[2/100] days of productivity

Brushing up my French skills with this book by Michèle Thomasson. It is a little collection of his journal entries. I think I can manage, little by little. Low commitment, but effective.

[1/100] days of productivity

starting my new commonplace journal with some notes about this article on demonology. such a fascinating read.

I want to keep this practice up. keep me accountable!