My body craves writing.

When I put pen to paper something magical and therapeutic happens.

I’ve also found that when I have late night sessions in bed – adding notes to my Zettlekasten on my phone via Obsidian – magic happens. New ideas form, problems get solved, and I add to the bank of material I can reference later on in life. My entire Obsidian vault syncs to CloudFlare AutoRAG which makes it even more powerful and searchable.

I’ve been wanting more of this, and less of the doomscrolling for some time now.

I’ve deleted most social media apps.

So, when the video below popped up in my YouTube feed, it went STRAIGHT into my “Watch Later”.

I was really enamoured by this concept of “Homework for life”.

You see, I’ve tried (and failed) to do something similar before.

I’ve actually purchased a few editions of the yearly “Standard Memorandum” and managed to fill in a few weeks of entries at best.

I think a big part of it is due to ADHD “object permanence” issues.

My surroundings are in a constant state of chaos and one of the MAIN reasons is that the way my brain works, if I can’t see it, it doesn’t exist. Simple as. I just forget I own it.

So normally my standard memorandum ends up in the graveyard that is the bottom of my backpack.

I loved the idea, though, of this beautiful 5 year dairy mentioned in the video.

I had to have one.

I ordered one immediately.

I’ve still got to work out how I am going to make this an every day habit, but, it will likely be that either it will go on my nightstand, or it will live on my desk.

This way it can’t be ignored and (hopefully) won’t be lost!

Storytelling is SUCH a critical skill.

The most successful and magnetic people I know are master storytellers.

I learned a long time ago that we ALL have hundreds of stories worth telling.

We have story opportunities every day, but too often we don’t see these moments for the gifts they are and let them disappear from memory, never to be unearthed again.

I don’t want that to happen.

I want to make the most of every gift that I am blessed with.

I wanted to know more about this concept of “Homework for life” and found a TED talk by the original creator, Matthew Dicks:

I’ve got my diary.

I’ve got the enthusiasm.

I’m excited to see where it goes.