I use a notecard method. 365 notecards, 1 for each day of the year. Every night I write the year and 1-2 lines about what I did that day. When the next year rol

I use a notecard method. 365 notecards, 1 for each day of the year. Every night I write the year and 1-2 lines about what I did that day. When the next year rolls around, I add another line below The space constraint encourages brevity and lowers the activation energy At first it provided little value. Now, 4 years in I can look back and see how much my life has changed (or stayed the same). It's amazing how many thing I do that totally slip my mind. This method does lose out of the "What am I thinking about" and deeper reflection. But I've often found that type of journaling just gets me into a head spiral