Leave a note in the margin
A good reading habit need not begin with a long list. One page, one question, and a few words written in your own voice can be enough. The useful part is the conversation that continues after the book is closed.
A small collection of field notes
Keep a little space
for curiosity.
Observations on reading, making things, and noticing what is already around us.
Read the notes ↓From the notebook
Things worth returning to.
Start with the small version
A sketch makes an idea easier to discuss. A rough model makes it easier to improve. Keep the first version simple enough to finish, then let the next step follow from what you have learned.
Take the longer walk
Familiar streets change when there is no appointment at the other end. Look for the details you usually miss: a new window display, the shape of a tree, or a quiet place to pause for a minute.
About this space
A notebook, kept open.
Docere is a small place for short essays and useful observations. The name comes from the Latin word for teaching. Here, learning starts with paying attention: to a paragraph, a process, or an ordinary afternoon.
There is no schedule to keep up with. Come back when you feel like reading something slowly.