An unexpected benefit to keeping notes

I keep a weekly journal of notable events, my feelings, and ideas. Most of the time, the value I get out of doing this comes from the act of writing it down in the moment. Writing notable events helps my memory, writing my feelings helps me understand and let them go, and writing my ideas helps me refine them. This is largely unsurprising and overall very valuable to my mental health, but occasionally I look back over the years of notes and regain a perspective of myself that I so easily forget: I’m awesome . I’m not saying this to brag! Living day by day and falling into the rhyth

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