Rec | A DETAIL DIARY

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I keep a notebook full of shorthand about my day. worth it because, after some time, you end up with notes like: “burps deep like an opera singer“ (9/21), “your feet are fattest in the morning” (7/11), “pool as a centerpiece“ (4/3), “walking 52 dogs at petsmart” (3/20), etc. and have to retrace your steps to figure out what they meant.

@emmalizie

Sep 30, 2024

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@yaeji-

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keeping a journal

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.