Agreed—a write-only journal does not help at all. The payoff comes from the sometimes-startling realization of the difference between one’s current and old views.
I read an account of someone reading their old journals, and the educational surprise was how little their views had changed. They were having what seemed like new revelations again and again, but they were the same revelations. I can’t remember what use the writer made of the overview.
I read an account of someone reading their old journals, and the educational surprise was how little their views had changed. They were having what seemed like new revelations again and again, but they were the same revelations. I can’t remember what use the writer made of the overview.