I like how Shaun Inman describes some of the benefits of journaling in "Lift Off. The Last Rocket Development Diary". He wrote, “By documenting your creative process regularly, you can identify patterns that make you appreciate the too infrequent peaks, help avoid the pits and hopefully make future creative climbs a little less daunting.”
There are things to learn from an accounting of history. A development journal is among the most personal of histories (not personal as in "private", but personal as in "relates to my daily life"). If you're not going to study your own history, one may ask why study any history at all?
I think what Give It 100 does is that they take away a lot of the overhead from documenting so that you can focus more on the doing. Like, it lets you be publicly accountable for your progress in a simple and enjoyable way, without needing like... a youtube account?
Did you even watch any of the videos? They're like 10 seconds and not edited. If you're not spending more than 10 seconds on your actual activity... I... don't even.
Well I think you are missing the point, no? This website is exactly that, DO. And I like the idea of forcing yourself to post a video every day, it kind of obliges you to actually DO as you say :)
No. You are missing the point. I can see people signing up to DO, say, Learning to Play Ocarina -- https://giveit100.com/@LylyB -- and then OBSESSING with making the Giveit100 Video for the day more than actually LEARNING to Play by DO-ing!
Are you serious? I come from a Generation that fought for the Freedom your generation takes for granted. We never complained or showed off to everyone how "awesome" we were. We just "DID". Silently, quietly and without any expectation of fame or fortune.
There are things to learn from an accounting of history. A development journal is among the most personal of histories (not personal as in "private", but personal as in "relates to my daily life"). If you're not going to study your own history, one may ask why study any history at all?