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Dizzy Zaba's avatar

I've been journaling all of my life and never really thought about how different people may have different methods. Super cool overview and examples!

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Esmé Weijun Wang's avatar

Yay! Thank you for reading!

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Claire Phillips's avatar

love all these techniques. thank you, Esmé !

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Esmé Weijun Wang's avatar

Oh, I’m delighted to hear it! And hello! ❤️

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Neera Mahajan's avatar

I have been writing a page-a-day in my diary for six years now. It allows me to capture daily happenings in brief. I used to write several pages once or twice a week but would miss many things. Our memory is so fragile. I loved the detailed piece from Anais’s diary and want to do the same. I think I will have to have a separate diary for that. But then again, it won’t be as interesting as that of Anais :)

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Chris Anselmo's avatar

I started keeping a health journal back in 2011 to gauge how my activity and diet impacted my strength level. (I have an adult-onset muscle disease.) Now that I'm writing my memoir, I have been able to mine this journal for memories I would have forgotten otherwise. It's a gold mine.

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Jennifer Louden's avatar

Excited to share this in my monthly round-up for writers!

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Esmé Weijun Wang's avatar

Aw, thank you so much! I’m honored!

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Jennifer Louden's avatar

:)

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