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When I am being the best to myself (and therefore being intellectually curious), I keep a note on my phone updated with words I run into that are new to me, along with a definition that I reword myself in order to facilitate memorization.
Finding a good way to do this while reading that does not involve opening up the Pandora's Box of a smartphone, however...
4d ago
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i write down all the new-to-me words i encounter while reading and turn them into digital index cards. i've also been realizing lately that there's a lot of words i don't actually know the meanings of despite being familiar with them. those go in the cards too.
Feb 20, 2024
I started writing new words i come across or words i feel like ive known forever but don’t feel like i know their full meaning in the back of my planner. I think i’m getting back into the practice of being more careful with my words. It’s not in a way that’s restrictive or suffocating but more so in a way that’s playful and fun :3 It usually leads me to more questions to google around and figure out or get lost in. Like i love the kind of diagrams like this Coastal Landforms one that showed up when I was trying to figure out what a “gloup” was.
sometimes i can’t read my own handwriting though :/.
Feb 9, 2024
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Even if you think you know a word.
I do this all the time when I am reading and writing. I do it to double check that I am using a word in the right context, or to double check that I want to use this word in this context. Maybe by looking up the definition I will see a synonym that I like better. Or maybe I’ll learn a new definition / alternate use for that word. I make myself mini dictionaries in my journal and my notes app
Feb 12, 2025
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A whimsical expression meaning many. Always a good idea not to sound so self-serious. Literally heard Francis Fukuyama use it in an interview today—if he can use it so can you.
3d ago
What if the truth is conspiratorial? These are always eye-opening and feel like a look behind the curtain. Wonderful needle drops here and there, too.
4d ago
reading print material on the john is one of those things—you might feel like you're not in the mood for it, but if you do it, you never regret it. plus: less scrolling! keep that phone clean!(er)
5d ago