I think it's a good way to serialize the self-reflection. I do a lot of self-reflection and most of it isn't really healthy - more of just a circling anxiety over various feelings. Having to write it out means I actually have to think about it and put everything somewhere in a context, which really helps. Writing is different than thinking, just like how sometimes speaking is different than thinking, and you say things you would never have come up with just in your own head.
Having to write it out means I actually have to think about it and put everything somewhere in a context
This is an important point.
I noticed that people have a serious lack of awareness in how significantly their thoughts/actions "drift", with respect to how they relate to a plan/belief/idea. In the short term, its indistinguishable from being intentional. In the long term, you're wondering how you ended up so far from what you had originally planned or believed (and that's if you even have the awareness to notice the change).
This seems to primarily occur with those "mirco" thoughts and patterns; interestingly enough, these are the ones which are most susceptible to being influenced by our emotional state.
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I think it's a good way to serialize the self-reflection. I do a lot of self-reflection and most of it isn't really healthy - more of just a circling anxiety over various feelings. Having to write it out means I actually have to think about it and put everything somewhere in a context, which really helps. Writing is different than thinking, just like how sometimes speaking is different than thinking, and you say things you would never have come up with just in your own head.
This is an important point.
I noticed that people have a serious lack of awareness in how significantly their thoughts/actions "drift", with respect to how they relate to a plan/belief/idea. In the short term, its indistinguishable from being intentional. In the long term, you're wondering how you ended up so far from what you had originally planned or believed (and that's if you even have the awareness to notice the change).
This seems to primarily occur with those "mirco" thoughts and patterns; interestingly enough, these are the ones which are most susceptible to being influenced by our emotional state.