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I keep a journal on Optimization/Hardware/iPad in an Optimization/Tools/Notability app. I wrote my first notes in the Bear app back in 2016. Then I've realised that taking notes by hand is way better.
Why?
This is a way for me to "getting the garbage out of your head" (concept from Knowledge/People/Dan Millman).
Besides, writing is an expression of thoughts. Writing improves one's thinking process, which is something I care about a lot. A similar role is played by Knowledge/Mental models/Mental models.
In addition to writing, I also read my journal, which gives me a Knowledge/Dictionary/Perspective (for ex. By looking at yourself and your attitudes from years ago).
Rules
- Every rule may be broken
- I write practically every day
- I don't have a set time or structure
- I am honest with myself according to Knowledge/Thoughts/Radical Transparency from a books Knowledge/Books/Principles and Knowledge/Books/That Will Never Work
- I do not have a requirement for quantity
- I write what is in my mind at the moment
- Sometimes I write in the third person in order to gain distance from the written words
- I often return to notes written months and years earlier
Regularity
In my opinion, one of the biggest myths that exist, and at the same time obstacles, to keeping a diary, is the belief and suggestions that it must happen daily.
It was only since I defined the above-mentioned rules that I was able to adjust the diary keeping to my daily rhythm and changing conditions and unforeseen situations.
Such freedom from artificial rules (Knowledge/Books/Letting Go), made me able to develop an iron habit of writing a diary (more at Knowledge/Books/Atomic Habits)
Returning
I know many people who keeps a diary. But none of them have ever told me that they not only write it but also go back to notes from years ago.
I don't do it regularly, but whenever I have more free time. Almost every time is a time of great reflection and an influx of ideas and new energy.
The most important value from this activity is the new perspective Knowledge/Dictionary/Perspective.