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๐Contents Page: https://cutt.ly/CmNhRY3
๐๏ธ War and Peace: https://cutt.ly/U3nzGma
๐ญ Shakespeare Project: https://cutt.ly/B3nxHH7
๐ณ Moby Dick: https://cutt.ly/K3nzVKf
โ๏ธ Blood Meridian: https://cutt.ly/P3nz6Qp
๐ Wuthering Heights: https://cutt.ly/N3nxxYt
๐ฎ๐ช Ulysses: https://cutt.ly/x3nxQmN
๐ Anna Karenina: https://cutt.ly/vmNhAWv
๐ Crime and Punishment: https://cutt.ly/rmNhFt5
โ Persuasion: https://cutt.ly/amNhX7b
โ In Search of Lost Time: https://cutt.ly/5mNh8oD
โ๏ธ The Heroโs Journey: https://cutt.ly/UmNjrE3
๐ธ Siddharta: https://cutt.ly/YmNjuzi
๐ Don Quixote: https://cutt.ly/cmNjoK4
โค๏ธShakespeareโs Sonnets: https://cutt.ly/nmNlW7V
๐ซ๐ท Les Misรฉrables: https://cutt.ly/J3YixoA
๐ฏ๏ธ The Turn of the Screw: https://cutt.ly/nToAQQ3
๐๏ธ Dickens Seasonal Read: https://cutt.ly/9ToAybt
๐ Middlemarch Serial Reading: https://tinyurl.com/45rv965c
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0:00 how to journal on great literature
0:45 journalling begins with marginalia
1:40 marginalia is a compliment to the writer
2:00 on show copies vs work copies
3:30 Montaigneโs marginalia technique
4:30 underlining resonant passages
5:52 my rationale for underlining things
6:10 how to bring unity to your reading
6:30 the power of posing questions
7:40 on etymological excavations
8:20 my marginalia for Moby Dick
9:00 what is the effect of this passage?
9:20 talk to yourself in the margins
10:00 insights arise from frivolity
10:47 the power of cross-pollination
12:00 how I approach my rereading
13:00 one of my most rewarding readings
14:42 reading quotas & one-page prescription
15:20 using marginalia to direct rereading
15:40 how to make your rereading a habit
16:20 scheduling reading & athletic activity
16:20 making writers your walking companions
17:20 rereading as spaced repetition technique
18:20 rereading reflects personal change
19:00 collecting resources for your heroโs journey
20:00 the pen and journal I use for my practice
20:30 different journals for different purposes
21:00 going through my journal for the sonnets
22:00 be highly selective on what you focus on
23:00 the logistics of my journalling practice
23:40 riffing on key words & passages
24:00 step one: alight upon resonance
24:40 step two: write the quotation by hand
25:30 step three: pose questions to yourself
26:30 taking the scenic route through literature
27:00 engaging with yourself through great books
27:50 action steps & practical application
28:10 you are what you repeatedly do
29:00 a powerful mindset for creating habits
29:20 designate your journalling as meaningful
30:00 journalling as a self-care practice