Great article. At its core, this is the essence of bullet journalling - the writing down of life, how you feel about it (in addition to tasks) is termed 'rapid logging' and supplemented with regular reflections (daily, weekly, monthly, chapter) to help you identify trends and work on making changes where necessary. It's marketed as a productivity tool (and sometimes an excessively pretty one, at that) but it's actually this simple - doing 'personal field notes', reflecting and adapting. Additionally, Ryder Carroll and Anne-Laure Le Cunff do seem to be supporters of each other's work. I really like your method. I don't use AI except at work where it's a mandatory part of my workflow but I appreciate the ease with which it identifies and summarises key themes - it certainly helps establish the practice of journalling and facilitates that 'growth loop' Le Cunff talks about in Tiny Experiements.
As someone fundamentally against using AI until they figure out how to not waste so much water, I still find this helpful - I could go through the past week’s journaling with different colored highlighters and do the analyzing myself.
Totally. It's very possible to identify patterns by analysing it by hand. It just takes more work and time. But i have to say that in my experience with AI, I was surprised some time how it through back at me things I wrote slightly rephrased, and it gave me such a different perspective on the matter. Anyways, I'm glad you found parts of this helpful! Thank you for sharing your thoughts. 🙏☺️
Nathalia, this piece was 😍. The methodology incorporating AI and self reflection is really something and I think could help so many people who struggle to connect with themselves actually be successful at it. Restacked and shared.
Well, I loved it. I think I'll give it a try, I had never thought of feeding my journal to AI to ask for pattern recognition. But the most interesting concept for me is the Field notes. It often happens to me that I am too lazy to write full journal entries, and writing short ones makes me feel bad, as if I'm failing at the journaling task... I loved the idea of the everyday short notes and the journal entry for the times when I feel like doing it. Thanks for this article!
I used to feel the same. Like if I was failing at something set up myself to do. But yeh, it changed with the short entries. way less pressure to keep it going. I'm glad you found it helpful, and I wish you happy journaling and new discoveries about yourself :)
Great article. At its core, this is the essence of bullet journalling - the writing down of life, how you feel about it (in addition to tasks) is termed 'rapid logging' and supplemented with regular reflections (daily, weekly, monthly, chapter) to help you identify trends and work on making changes where necessary. It's marketed as a productivity tool (and sometimes an excessively pretty one, at that) but it's actually this simple - doing 'personal field notes', reflecting and adapting. Additionally, Ryder Carroll and Anne-Laure Le Cunff do seem to be supporters of each other's work. I really like your method. I don't use AI except at work where it's a mandatory part of my workflow but I appreciate the ease with which it identifies and summarises key themes - it certainly helps establish the practice of journalling and facilitates that 'growth loop' Le Cunff talks about in Tiny Experiements.
I had never head about Ryder Carroll before :) I will check it out. Thanks for sharing!
As someone fundamentally against using AI until they figure out how to not waste so much water, I still find this helpful - I could go through the past week’s journaling with different colored highlighters and do the analyzing myself.
Totally. It's very possible to identify patterns by analysing it by hand. It just takes more work and time. But i have to say that in my experience with AI, I was surprised some time how it through back at me things I wrote slightly rephrased, and it gave me such a different perspective on the matter. Anyways, I'm glad you found parts of this helpful! Thank you for sharing your thoughts. 🙏☺️
Nathalia, this piece was 😍. The methodology incorporating AI and self reflection is really something and I think could help so many people who struggle to connect with themselves actually be successful at it. Restacked and shared.
I appreciate your support Roxanna! Yes, i do believe it can gives us new angles to look at the same things, and ourselves :)
This is very interesting. I haven’t really used chat gBT but this is something that would make me want to use it.
So cool Lisa, let me know if you try it :) I'd be curious to hear about your experience.
Well, I loved it. I think I'll give it a try, I had never thought of feeding my journal to AI to ask for pattern recognition. But the most interesting concept for me is the Field notes. It often happens to me that I am too lazy to write full journal entries, and writing short ones makes me feel bad, as if I'm failing at the journaling task... I loved the idea of the everyday short notes and the journal entry for the times when I feel like doing it. Thanks for this article!
I used to feel the same. Like if I was failing at something set up myself to do. But yeh, it changed with the short entries. way less pressure to keep it going. I'm glad you found it helpful, and I wish you happy journaling and new discoveries about yourself :)