Totally agreed. I do morning pages which I find to be invaluable as a source of deep, personal reflection.
I think the above has its use in the sense of keeping a diary entry of each day that you could come back to to read and remember what happened. Not necessarily for deep personal reflection, but more to suss out the details on an otherwise sparser entry for a “What happened today?” type of diary.
How is this different than reflecting on your day with a close friend who asks you questions about it?
Not much of a difference, in your example the close friend would also have influenced the answers with the questions they select.
Some people are fine with that because they trust the close friend.
Others aren’t and diary writing would be an exclusively solitary activity for the reasons above.
Totally agreed. I do morning pages which I find to be invaluable as a source of deep, personal reflection.
I think the above has its use in the sense of keeping a diary entry of each day that you could come back to to read and remember what happened. Not necessarily for deep personal reflection, but more to suss out the details on an otherwise sparser entry for a “What happened today?” type of diary.