diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ the next big thing our team develops.
 │       ├── urls.py
 │       ├── utils.py
 │       └── views.py
+├── common # An optional folder containing common "stuff" for the entire project
 ├── config
 │   ├── settings
 │   │   ├── base.py
diff --git a/common/generics.py b/common/generics.py
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diff --git a/common/mixins.py b/common/mixins.py
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