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Why daily journaling is one of my most empowering habits, and how it can be yours, too: a short thread inspired by @CarvingThought& #39;s tweet
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I first learned about the idea of keeping a "logbook" from @austinkleon here: https://austinkleon.com/2010/01/31/logbook/
Austin">https://austinkleon.com/2010/01/3... is a very visual thinker and includes sketches, too. (Also, his email newsletter absolutely slaps and is worth a subscribe).
Austin">https://austinkleon.com/2010/01/3... is a very visual thinker and includes sketches, too. (Also, his email newsletter absolutely slaps and is worth a subscribe).
I don& #39;t expect anything profound from my daily writing, just a list of things I did, people I talked to, problems that popped up, moments I want to remember.
Most days it& #39;s:
"Memorial Day.
Doesn& #39;t feel the same to have the day off of work without having been going IN to work.
It& #39;s been wet and rainy. Supposed to last all week.
Painted the girls& #39; room with their help. They did really well."
(That& #39;s the whole entry for 5/25/20)
"Memorial Day.
Doesn& #39;t feel the same to have the day off of work without having been going IN to work.
It& #39;s been wet and rainy. Supposed to last all week.
Painted the girls& #39; room with their help. They did really well."
(That& #39;s the whole entry for 5/25/20)
What has been unexpectedly valuable is how these entries become more interesting the further removed I am from them. Weeks/months/years later, I look back and am transported to that time in my life, who I was then, how I thought, what I struggled with.
On @tferriss& #39;s podcast, @pennjillette calls this "time traveling" and says it& #39;s the most useful part of his journaling—which he& #39;s been doing every day for 34 years:
Penn didn& #39;t start until age 30, after regretting not capturing the life he had experienced up until that point: "There was all this street performing when I was homeless and living on the streets and all of that that I haven’t recorded..." He& #39;s missed less than 5 days total since
So how do you get started? 3 tips:
1. Lower the stakes.
Most people never start because they& #39;re waiting for incredible prose to flow from their fingertips.
No one else will read it.
It& #39;s ok for it to be a "boring" list of bullet points.
Again, you& #39;ll be amazed at how valuable it becomes when you look back
Most people never start because they& #39;re waiting for incredible prose to flow from their fingertips.
No one else will read it.
It& #39;s ok for it to be a "boring" list of bullet points.
Again, you& #39;ll be amazed at how valuable it becomes when you look back
2. Start a chain. Then don& #39;t break it.
@JerrySeinfeld popularized this. Start today. Do it again tomorrow. Don& #39;t break the chain. (My favorite way to track chains/streaks is with @StridesApp, but there are lots of ways) https://lifehacker.com/jerry-seinfelds-productivity-secret-281626">https://lifehacker.com/jerry-sei...
@JerrySeinfeld popularized this. Start today. Do it again tomorrow. Don& #39;t break the chain. (My favorite way to track chains/streaks is with @StridesApp, but there are lots of ways) https://lifehacker.com/jerry-seinfelds-productivity-secret-281626">https://lifehacker.com/jerry-sei...
3. Do what works.
I use Evernote (I use tags to track the month and the year, as well as find back "memories," "predictions," "blog ideas," etc.).
But you should use whatever method you& #39;ll actually DO. Could be a physical notebook, an app, a Word doc, whatever.
START NOW.
I use Evernote (I use tags to track the month and the year, as well as find back "memories," "predictions," "blog ideas," etc.).
But you should use whatever method you& #39;ll actually DO. Could be a physical notebook, an app, a Word doc, whatever.
START NOW.
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