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by arvinsim 2305 days ago
> * Summarize regularly. Every once a few months when you have down time, summarize your notes and make observations. My favorite bit is to find an old note with a sidenote/annotation and see how I look at the same things differently or still have the same mindset.

I feel that this runs counter to what a journal is. Wouldn't the value of the journal be to record what you felt at that moment of time?

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Although its a preference, I don't seem to share your concern.

A half yearly summary of distilled main themes, decisions and learnings has been crucial for me to continue my journalling process.

When I want to know what I was doing late 2017, I go through my summary. Any detail I want to re-visit is available in my running log.