Journaling
I bounce back and forth between being a seasonal and daily journal writer.
Journaling
In his book A New Method of Making Common-Place-Books, John Locke similarly advised that “We extract only those Things which are Choice and Excellent, either for the Matter itself, or else the Elegancy of the Expression, and not what comes next.”
Tiago Forte • Building a Second Brain: A Proven Method to Organise Your Digital Life and Unlock Your Creative Potential
As yet another scholarly excerpter, the Jesuit Jeremias Drexel, put it, Notae propriae, notae optimae: ‘your own notes are the best notes’. Finally, the well-arranged common-place functioned as a kind of externalised memory, which, as historian Ann Blair notes, ‘liberated the reader from the task of memorising the selected passages’. This in turn
... See moreRoland Allen • The Notebook
What are you looking forward to today?
The first line of last night’s dream was__________________.
When changing direction
When I was at my happiest, what was I doing?
What have I strongly wanted for the longest time?
What’s the opposite of what I usually do?
Which of my old beliefs are not serving me?
Forget me. What would be most helpful for others?
When I was at my happiest, what was I doing?
What have I strongly wanted for the longest time?
What’s the opposite of what I usually do?
Which of my old beliefs are not serving me?
Forget me. What would be most helpful for others?
If you want to understand what someone’s yearning for, ask: What is the thing you’re deeply missing?
Jessica Hagy • Ten Infrequently Asked Questions
Describe one of your strengths.
