LPT: If you have a bad memory, write one sentence about…
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LPT: If you have a bad memory, write one sentence about your day. Your future self will thank you.
I've always been terrible at remembering things. Not in a medical sense, but in a "my friends remember our holidays better than I do" sense. They'll bring up a restaurant we visited three years ago or some funny thing that happened on a trip, and half the time I only vaguely remember them. The things I learn and feel during my life didn't help me in any way because I never even remembered them. I'd make the same mistake for the 5th time, get burnt and realize that I've done the same before.
This frustrated me a little bit. So I created a google sheet stored on my drive called "My year at a glance" and decide to just write what happened that day. I couldn't care less about journaling. I fully knew it wasn't a habit I'd successfully maintain. So this google sheet was my next best attempt. I maintained it for a whole year. My own touch to it was this thing called "High of Highs" and "Low of Lows" which is the best and worst thing about that month. I got this idea from a podcast and incorporated it into my google sheet. First month felt good (luckily because that month was pretty good so it gave me a high to write my "High of Highs"). So I continued writing for the next few months and eventually became obsessed with it. In fact, during the day I'd realize something that I decided I will write down later that day. So I guess I even started noticing things about my day that I wanted to write down.
At the end of the year, this google sheet was full (Of course with several days undocumented, but who cares). But reviewing my year in December got me giddy. Again my theory is that this was because I had had a great year (6 countries visited, quite a few concerts, new job etc.). So I continued for another year. And I have no intentions of stopping now.
I eventually got tired of the Google Sheet and found something that works much better but honestly the habit is what matters, whatever you use to track it.
#entertainment
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I've always been terrible at remembering things. Not in a medical sense, but in a "my friends remember our holidays better than I do" sense. They'll bring up a restaurant we visited three years ago or some funny thing that happened on a trip, and half the time I only vaguely remember them. The things I learn and feel during my life didn't help me in any way because I never even remembered them. I'd make the same mistake for the 5th time, get burnt and realize that I've done the same before.
This frustrated me a little bit. So I created a google sheet stored on my drive called "My year at a glance" and decide to just write what happened that day. I couldn't care less about journaling. I fully knew it wasn't a habit I'd successfully maintain. So this google sheet was my next best attempt. I maintained it for a whole year. My own touch to it was this thing called "High of Highs" and "Low of Lows" which is the best and worst thing about that month. I got this idea from a podcast and incorporated it into my google sheet. First month felt good (luckily because that month was pretty good so it gave me a high to write my "High of Highs"). So I continued writing for the next few months and eventually became obsessed with it. In fact, during the day I'd realize something that I decided I will write down later that day. So I guess I even started noticing things about my day that I wanted to write down.
At the end of the year, this google sheet was full (Of course with several days undocumented, but who cares). But reviewing my year in December got me giddy. Again my theory is that this was because I had had a great year (6 countries visited, quite a few concerts, new job etc.). So I continued for another year. And I have no intentions of stopping now.
I eventually got tired of the Google Sheet and found something that works much better but honestly the habit is what matters, whatever you use to track it.
#entertainment
source
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