Analytical Book Summaries for Creative Professionals

Articles that focus on architecture, material culture, maintenance, and learning how to appreciate what you already have. I strongly believe in sharing my process and putting things into practice—here you’ll also find concise summaries and analysis of books I’ve read. Written by Matt C Reynolds.

 

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I write about designing and living an intentional life. Here you’ll also find concise summaries of books I’ve read because I strongly believe in sharing my process and putting things into practice.

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What I Learned from 31 Days of Journaling

Four guidelines you can use to start your own journaling practice. I decided to start a daily journaling practice in 2020 and the results have been incredible: quickly see what I did each week of the year; identify patterns in my own faulty logic; see the first signs of injury during athletic training; and have the chance to reflect on how I could have reacted better during everyday situations.

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Smoke Proofs by Andrew Steeves

Andrew Steeves argues we should demand more of the books we purchase. The quality of a book can be a difficult thing to define in quantitative terms because most books are constructed from the same materials and principles. A page layout that soars in one instance may just as easily sour in another; what separates good design from bad is that it cannot be achieved by the simple means of prescription.

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