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[NRDL]

I got this idea, from all places, the Twilight !Rationalist! Fanfic "Luminosity" ( which is really really enjoyable, this particular flavour of fanfic is right up my overly-idealised-intellectual alley ).  Simply put, it's a mental exercise where I just write down in a little notepad anything that goes through my head.

I've tried journals before, but the preconceived notion of required structure always seemed stifling.  Here I'm just doing random stream of thought type entries, and it's SO RELAXING.  It's also really revealing of my character.  The entire point of this exercise is to externalise the bajillion thoughts circulating in my head, and an unspecified amount of time later, read back on them and try and understand what gibbering mind wrote down this crap.  What I've found is that I'm not a naturally analytical person.  My thoughts are very emotive, dealing with reactions to things, rather than the things themselves.  Most of my writing is just personal affirmations reminding myself to keep a certain attitude, as well as sincere attempts at honest self-expression.

Does anyone else do this?  It's genuinely a great way to relieve stress, and practice your observational skills.  Since none of us have a Sherlock Holmes brain ( and if you do why haven't you conquered the world yet ) having an external storage space for raw data that doesn't need an internet connection or a lot of space beyond your pocket just frees up so many possibilities.   

[pondicherry]

Well, I do have this thing... In fact I call it a kind of disease. Mine does express itself with different symptoms, or maybe it's just another thing. I write my progress in everything, everyday. I like to "see" my impact in that day, that will never repeat again. It's not emotional stuff, just analytical things like: 3 out of 20 in an anime show or it will take 20 days in this pace to finish this book or I should work on my thesis for now on at least 45 min a day or endless lists of things I need to do / I want to do / I give up doing / I'll do eventually / I want to read or watch.

In fact I admire your attempts at honest self-expression, I would like to that as well, particularly when I'm overwhelmed with so many progress-meters. So my thing is not as relaxing as yours.

[TheBiggerFish]

PTW for interesting stuff.

[ChairmanPoo]

That's called a "journal". The real fun will begin once the wrong person finds it.