Comment on Brain found to store three copies of every memory
jlow@beehaw.org 2 months agoYes, I started a diary about 2018 and it’s really good for reflecting on the present as well as looking up stff from the past.
Writing about feelings is something I don’t do often, I should do that more, good idea!
grrgyle@slrpnk.net 2 months ago
Hell yeah, highly recommend throwing in some navel gazing in there. Events and happenings are important, but those are also the easiest things to remember, but subjective experience is guaranteed to be lost, even to yourself, if you don’t note it.
Anyway I’m overselling it now lol, but I even like to scratch out a little “emotional compass” where the for cardinal directions map to
Anyway, I find it useful to draw a squiggle in there to capture how I’m feeling at a glance. Also interesting seeing how predictable my “random” moods actually are, when I look at the world/monthly context in which they happened