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I journal basically daily. Once a year I do a "year compass" and part of the process is skimming all my journals. It's extremely time consuming but very valuabl
by komali2 4y ago
I journal basically daily. Once a year I do a "year compass" and part of the process is skimming all my journals. It's extremely time consuming but very valuable.
Other than that I rarely look at old journals unless I need to find something i forgot. I think I'm just too busy and focused on the now. That's probably ok.
I've been visiting my friend who was recently hospitalized unexpectedly and he says he's really bored all day. I feel like in his shoes that would be a good time to read and reflect on my life a bit, especially if I was nearing the end. I don't know, it doesn't really matter, the process of writing alone is valuable enough.
(Plus I journal in org roam and org roamify all my entries. Maybe one day that'll be useful to me. It already has once or twice when I'm looking up prior software evaluations)
- marsten 4y agoIn raw form your journals may be more than anyone would care to read, but AI tools could make them interesting to future people. (a) Tools that synthesize down your life story and most interesting thoughts into N pages, (b) AIs that train on all that data to create a virtual version of you after you're gone (several companies already do this).