Journaling
“logging” as separate from journaling: whenever a thought seems noteworthy, jot it down…multiple times a day. The next morning, read the thoughts from previous day, save the ones you like, archive the rest.
the importance of journal keeping as a powerful tool for creative expression and self-healing, and a way to help solidify thoughts in both one’s personal and literary life.
Phillip Lopate • Writers and Their Notebooks
Commonplace books were a portal through which educated people interacted with the world. They drew on their notebooks in conversation and used them to connect bits of knowledge from different sources and to inspire their own thinking.
Tiago Forte • Building a Second Brain: A Proven Method to Organise Your Digital Life and Unlock Your Creative Potential
A real-time capture log implies that your own life is the best source for inspiration; not feeds, articles, or encyclopedias. Having a public log changes how I see the world. Every moment, experience, and conversation is an opportunity.
Akanksha Pandey • march - log - 2025: thoughts on everything I am making sense of
A great way to start as a writer is to begin with the discipline of observe and record , with no intention of sharing. Once you’ve built momentum you can start writing publishable material.
James Horton, PhD. • The Nonwriter's Guide to Writing A Lot
This is a practicing self-memoir, recorded as an inconsistent logbook. This is my junkyard of will to live. Its ability to contain raw honesty and portray life's imperfections keeps me going. It makes me feel liberated and autonomous over my current meager life. It's a sanctuary for my literary authenticity.
A Website Is A Room
But every log of mine is a moment that crossed some threshold of novelty. It’s like I rotate outside of my head to face myself, examining the thought I’m thinking or sight I’m seeing. I am statue man, 5x a day.