Failure: A Compromise to journal sporadically

Sentiments & experience with journaling

The erratic and disjointed archive of brief, rambling, emotional, or otherwise scattered updates that I call journaling has really been a mixed bag.

Still, it works more than I expected. Writing every few weeks is enough to instill little changes here or there, it oddly forces creativity, and provides a dialogue I have to track.

It’s not some rigid rule. Journaling semi-regularly just gives me a place to pause and reflect. When I read old entries, I notice where I kept repeating the same mistake, where I actually made progress, and what I forgot.

It’s also a quick way to process stuff. A one-sentence note about a tough work problem, a quarter-baked idea, or a small reminder end up dealt with sooner. It doesn’t solve everything, but it keeps my head from dropping too many tabs.

I’m learning that not every entry has to be good. Some are short and boring, some are messy.

I remember this one quote, “anything worth doing is worth doing poorly.”

The “failure” is mostly an internal callback to a mildy-ambitious idea to perfect daily journaling.

~ P.S. some of these will be boring, my bad. I’ll try and start adding pictures or something chill and the end