022. Journaling with Will Gant

Introduction Will Gant is a co-host of the Complete Developer Podcast How Will and Leo met Will's lightning talk at MicroConf What's in Will's journal Will's familial history of journaling Unknown stresses as the impetus to start journaling Will's original journal was a spreadsheet that covered anything happening during the day that bugged him, taking roughly 20 minutes per day to write Switching to monthly journaling helped Will focus on opportunities instead of the bad stuff and takes about 10 minutes to write Other ways Will's approach to journaling has changed over the years Journaling well after something happens helps separate the act from the emotional state Journaling is also a great way to track things that are tough to remember Will's is an advocate and regular user of float/sensory-deprivation tanks for meditation Bonus lifehack: Rethink your internal calendar to start each year on April 1st, after winter and taxes Keeping life organized with journaling How Will uses journaling and KanbanFlow to keep track of upcoming tasks Journaling can take many forms: a food diary, a workout journal, daily insights, monthly reflections, etc. Tips to start journaling Pick a time period (daily, weekly, etc.) Write only what you remember Make a note of the emotions that you remember as well Keep it simple and easy: use paper or a plain text file After writing a new entry, revisit a few past entries Keep each entry short Don't out-write your previous entry Write only for yourself, be blunt Effecting change with journaling Writing actions and (separately) your emotions is great for personal growth, especially for kids A food diary is an easy way to observe and adjust what's going in your body Write down repeating chores so you remember to do them and how to do them Keeping track of multi-step tasks is tough in simple journaling and to-do systems Nothing beats a text document when recording lots of details Recipes are some of the oldest types of journal entries Will Gant on the interwebs Complete Developer Podcast Twitter: @gantsoftsys Related links and apps Getting Started Journaling from the Complete Developer Podcast 9 Career Benefits of Journaling from the Complete Developer Podcast The 200th Episode of the Complete Developer Podcast Nozbe , an all-in-one to-do, project, and time management app KanbanFlow is a web-based lean project management tool Productivity in Tech blog by Jay Miller ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

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022. Journaling with Will Gant is an episode from OK Productive by leo@okproductive.com.

This episode is 43:56 long.

This episode was published on Jun 9, 2019.

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