{"product_id":"the-spark-caroline-righton-9781804194737","title":"The Spark","description":"\u003cb\u003eHow to cultivate a simple daily creative practice to rediscover things that bring you joy...and bring back your enthusiasm for life.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eInspired by the author's own story - when her life fell apart due to bereavement, loneliness and a very deep grief.... she credits this practice with rediscovering joy and giving her a new default happy mindset. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis book is a practical guide to help readers understand the purpose and importance of identifying their own 'sparks'. They will learn to develop their own bespoke 'commonplace reserve' - a mixture of scrapbooking and collecting - learn how to gather, organize and retain ideas. Most importantly, in our highly digitized and difficult times, they will gift themselves the means to discover joyfulness in the everyday and to appreciate what it means to be alive. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCommonplace books were famously and traditionally kept by great thinkers and philosophers to organize ideas and collect inspiration, often as a 'diary of miscellany' or an intellectual scrapbook. They are notebooks\/gift boxes where you collect and keep things that bring you joy. To organize and log quotes, words, song lyrics, poems, recipes, topics, book titles, and anything else you want to remember or find inspiring. Unlike a diary or journal, you don't write down your original thoughts but instead gather the things in from the outside world and organize them for reference and enjoyment later.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Caroline Righton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1804194735\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781804194737\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Short Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/22\/2027\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.50h x 5.50w x 0.73d","brand":"Caroline Righton","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":50847844008191,"sku":"9781804194737","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-spark-caroline-righton-9781804194737","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}