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5 year diary

Dan Cullum · Jan 17, 2021 ·

I’ve been keeping a daily diary since November.

If this blog captures my learnings and reflections, my diary—in contrast—is an account of “things done”.

I generally pick one thing from the day that I’d like to remember, and I try be as specific as possible. I describe the “what” rather than the “how it made me feel.”

For example, I’ll write about taking a walk in the park and calling a friend. However, I won’t write “it was good,” or “it was fun.” Instead, I describe one specific thing we talked about.

For this project I bought a 5 Year Diary, where each day has space for 1-2 sentences. Just enough space to articulate something memorable.

Looking back on the past few months of writing, I can now vividly remembering days that I would’ve otherwise forgot.

For a task that only takes 1 minute before bed, I’m confident it’ll pay dividends for many years to come.

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