Journaling guides / Find your approach
Find a memory
Save the names, conversations, and small details you want to retrieve later.
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Start with a detail you might want back: who was there, where you went, or what someone recommended. A useful record does not have to describe your whole day. When you return, search for a word you remember or ask a question about the entries you saved.
A practical place to begin
Should You Reread Your Old Journals? A Gentle Case Both WaysWhat to Do With Old Journals: Keep, Reread, or Let GoHow to Keep a Commonplace Book: A Home for Everything Worth RememberingJournaling and the Brain: Memory, Focus and Why Writing It Down WorksHow to Keep a Reading Journal That Makes Books Stick