Caught my journal hitting 500 pages and flipped my opinion on daily entries

I used to think journaling every day was a waste, like you're just forcing boring stuff onto paper. But last weekend I hit exactly 500 pages in my old spiral notebook from 2022, and flipping through it I saw how much tiny stuff I'd forgotten. It was things like a weird noise my truck made on June 3rd or a recipe my neighbor scribbled on a napkin. That number made me realize the value was in the pile, not the individual entries. Has anyone else had a milestone like that change your mind about a habit?

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nancy81724d ago

Value was in the pile" - so you just invented hoarding with extra steps?

bennett.jana24d agoMost Upvoted

Oh man @nancy817 you really hit the nail on the head there. It's like calling a junkyard a "vertical storage facility" or something. I mean sure the pile has value if you're a raccoon with a treasure hoard but for normal people it's just stuff stacked to the ceiling. The mental gymnastics people do to justify their clutter is honestly impressive. Like my uncle who saved every newspaper from 1985 because "the coupons might still be valid" - yeah okay buddy.

the_sam24d ago

Coupon expiration was 1986, uncle.