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Check out the photo of my journal here: https://swizec.com/blog/a-work-ritual-that-keeps-me-sane/

If that doesn’t make you feel better nothing will. I can barely read my own scribbles. A few days pass and they’re as well as encrypted when you lose context.




Nice post! That looks a lot like what I already do, but a little bit better.

I have the problem that on bad days (distraction wise), I never start writing in the in the book either. So it doesn't get a chance to help then. I try to re-frame the whole job I have as "I write notes in my notebook", as actual productivity happens automatically from there...


> on bad days (distraction wise), I never start writing

Some days that’s how it be. A day of fighting fires is just differently productive. Can’t focus on long-term impact if your house is burning down.


I would honestly love to see more journals that look like this.




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