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Silvio Castelletti's avatar

Loved every word and every idea and elaboration. Such a simple way of experiencing and observing. And that little statue is perfect in your bookshelf, for what it embodies. Couple if practical question, if you don’t mind:

1) where do you unload these thoughts while on the go?

2) you mentioned Remarkable. Tell me more. You think it’s good?

Thank you!

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Nick Ang's avatar

I read one of your posts and switched immediately from journaling to logging, and haven't looked back since. I log with a Shortcut that appends a new line to a Dropbox file, that's it. And I've referred to it countless times when I dedicate time to sit down and write a post, and it's been a reliable source of "ohh yes, that thing! May be worth unpacking as a post." So thank you for that!

I believe it's the essay where you talked about your dad having gifted you logs of your early childhood that made it clear to me that I gotta try this. I did it first to log my daughter's childhood moments that I don't want to forgot (like your dad for you), then I thought, hmm I should have one for myself too. So now I have 2 Dropbox files, updated 1-10 times a day with new logs. It's awesome!

Perhaps I'm lucky - I haven't stopped logging since I started and doubt I'll need or want to publish quietly to my blog. For me, that allows me to be truly unselfconscious. The fact that it helps you keep accountable just makes me feel that we can be similar yet different in fascinating ways!

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