What And How To Journalize
“Journal” and “journey” comes from the same root word, and we know that writing was the decisive invention that evolved our civilization. Within the symbols scribed, information is impart from one mind to another, across time, and across space. It binds together the understanding of people to see a common idea and preserves that idea into a timeless space.
Journal’ing is not merely about recapping, but to revise to rediscover when refining the unthought-of or un-mined details to uncover the insights that were unprocessed and un-noticed.
"When one goes on a journey, one should keep a journal of what happens," replied the monk. "Journey and journal are two words that have the same father." - Harry Farra, "The Little Monk"
There is a way to carry mindfulness around, it’s called — a journal.
1. What To Journalize
1.1. Domains To Journalize
1.2. Perspectives To Journalize
2. How To Journalize
2.1. Structuralize It
2.2. Tool It
2.3. Help The Mind To See
2.4. Measure It
2.5. Always Summarize Your Findings
2.6. Your Self-Inventory
We can’t discover flaws and faults efficiently for systems that are without documentation, how do we expect to improve peoples’ lives without journals? — Re: Diary of Merer on Khufu