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Dirk Deimeke's avatar

I established the habit to journal at least for five minutes a day, it is more on weekends, but only five minutes on weekdays.

I do a "Braindump" every day with a recap of the previous day.

On Saturdays, I do a "Review" of the last week and highlight important topics. On Sundays, I update my "Tedious Task List", a prompt I learned from you, Cosima. On Mondays, I do "Goals, To-Do's and Progress Tracking" to get a high level overview on all that lies before me.

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Cosima Laube (she/her)'s avatar

Thanks a lot for sharing how your journaling habit looks like currently.

That's great to hear you included the 'Tedious Task List' as a regular prompt. I like that idea! Might be food for another article soon. :-)

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Ted M. Young's avatar

Still not quite a habit, since every day's schedule is different, making it hard to find that regular place for it. I've been finding it to be really valuable, though, so I continue to try and do it, even if it's not the first thing I do. I don't have a formal process yet, mostly just about how I'm feeling, a bit of reflection and a bit of looking forward. Then a little "brain dump" of anything else that's popping up for me.

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Cosima Laube (she/her)'s avatar

Nice to hear your find it really valuable and you continue to doing it.

Thanks for making me reflect myself on why I consider a habit.

Just noticed that for me it does not matter so much that something has its regular place in each day. It matters more that I make the time for it, no matter where/when.

Of course, having a regular place *can* help with *building* a habit.

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