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recently, i've begun keeping a journal and filling it with quotes and personal reflections that i find impactful and worth remembering.
it's easy to forget about anything positive when you're at a low point in your life.
i know my future self will appreciate the love and care i put into this journal.
it only takes a few seconds to write a quote down.
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i know it's basic but keeping a daily journal has been one of the most grounding things in my life. you don't need to shell out $$$ on a travelers' notebook and a snazzy pen, but just repeating the daily act of physically writing your thoughts down is a wonderful thing. i keep a daily recollection/diary sort of thing along with a sort of freeform commonplace book where i jot down thoughts or lyric ideas or cool words i read and had to look up definitions of. it's nerd shit but the sort of positive affirming nerd shit that everyone needs at least a little bit of. also the amount of stuff you forget over the course of a week/month/year is astounding -- doing this is fun in part because you can read through your past entries (good and bad) again with fresh eyes.
Nov 1, 2024
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always thought i had to wait for my life to be amazing to start writing it down...turns out it was already pretty cool and i regret all the stuff i can't remember anymore. also just a helpful mental practice to get your thoughts out of your brain and on some paper so you don't have to worry about holding them all in there. spending extra time thinking about positive moments in your life is also a good way to help your brain default to positive thinking more often, like building a muscle. i make it fun by cutting and pasting a bunch of pictures and stuff so it feels like a craft instead of a chore, otherwise i won't really do it.
Jun 30, 2024
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it has a slightly nebulous definition and might not be all that revolutionary of a concept but it consistently brings joy to my life. i use it as a collection of quotes & lines from film, books, music, and any other form of art and writing that resonated with me. sometimes iโll just write down the quote, other times iโll expand on why itโs meaningful to me. but now i have a collection of other peopleโs ideas that make me feel seen and speak to me to look at whenever i need it. using a physical journal also makes it more tangible, like iโm actually holding the ideas in my hands.
Jan 20, 2024
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we're all going to die one day. better to die with used notebooks than empty ones.
they don't need to look pretty. as long as you're writing, you're doing something right.
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if they don't ask about your life, then they don't deserve to know about it. don't give away the lore for free. keep 'em guessing.
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the older i become, the greater my desire to be more direct and less inhibited. i don't want to be consumed by fear anymore. life is too precious.
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