You've got me wondering about all the words I should be rereading. And the pictures I should look at again. But I think if you're a journaller or a notetaker or a person who likes taking pictures, there are always more things to make, and no time to look at them. Perhaps this should be a resolution for 2026 - dip into old files and see who's there. Some of it is your old self - what are they like? That's a journey. Thanks, Matt.
I'm definitely a Write Once Read Never - some because my handwriting isn't great and so I can only guess at what I've written and some because once written have, like you said, my brain has been rewired and those thought I wrote are not the same as I have now and some because as I've written I have gained clarity. I love journaling and regularly suggest it to others as a way of working out what I/they am/are really thinking.
Although I do sometimes reread what I've written at a monthly journaling group I've been to but that's because there the pieces are often more crafted and I've got some great poems to share, or starts of memoir-esque short stories.
You've got me wondering about all the words I should be rereading. And the pictures I should look at again. But I think if you're a journaller or a notetaker or a person who likes taking pictures, there are always more things to make, and no time to look at them. Perhaps this should be a resolution for 2026 - dip into old files and see who's there. Some of it is your old self - what are they like? That's a journey. Thanks, Matt.
I'm definitely a Write Once Read Never - some because my handwriting isn't great and so I can only guess at what I've written and some because once written have, like you said, my brain has been rewired and those thought I wrote are not the same as I have now and some because as I've written I have gained clarity. I love journaling and regularly suggest it to others as a way of working out what I/they am/are really thinking.
Although I do sometimes reread what I've written at a monthly journaling group I've been to but that's because there the pieces are often more crafted and I've got some great poems to share, or starts of memoir-esque short stories.
Yeah, my handwriting is also a cunning cipher. So cunning that I can't decipher it most of the time.
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