I mentioned at the start of this month that I would start a daily review journal for a month to see how it goes. It's now been a month, and I'd like to summarize how it went.
The method I used was to just write a few paragraphs about my day in a text file. I usually did my journal close to when I went to sleep. I'd write about what I think went well (such as that I avoided eating any sweets), or what didn't go well (such as problems focusing at work).
I'll start with the bad points. Of course, doing a journal entry every night was kind of a pain, even if it didn't take too long. It was another thing to remember and to do. One night I just skipped it because I was feeling sick (I had a minor cold), and another night I skipped it because I was just too tired, and once I just came home too late and didn't bother with it. The worst part is that many days I felt like I had nothing new to say in my journal.
Even though it was hard to do every day, there were benefits. Writing things down is simply real in a way that merely thinking is not. In my experience, thoughts that are written down are clear thoughts, and my best thinking is typed out on a keyboard. Perhaps Seneca could do a daily review in his head, but I'm not yet capable of it.
After thinking of what I did well or badly that day, I then spent some time thinking about my own death. That was an interesting experience. It made me realize that I really have to focus and do things that are noticeable and have high impact. It made me a little restless with how little good I've done in my life.
I'm not sure what is next this month. I made continue the journal in a slightly different form. I need to take some time to think of it. No, not thinking. Writing.
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