"You Are A Lot" (an ADHD/AuDHD podcast) Episode 96: ADHD Journaling Hack - Cut and Paste Your Texts and Emails
In this episode: If you want to journal but can't get started, here's a hack I think I made up - copy and paste the long texts and emails you already wrote today, and that's your journal entry. I talk about why the words you write to other people are often more honest than what you'd write for yourself, and what you'll notice about your own patterns once you have a month of them to read back.
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Sources For This Episode:
- 7 Powerful Reasons To Read Old Journals - Your Tango
- Benefits of Journaling For ADHD - For Brain
- Self Continuity - Knowable Magazine