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I don't think it's widely appreciated yet, but: Twitter has been far more successfully at getting engagement from me than parts of my brain thought was wise for ~10 years now. I have seen more & better use in last few days than ever before, and regret every earlier regret.
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Speaking of diaries: if you're not in a mental headspace to write right now, and I have been in and out of that headspace, pull out your iPhone, turn on the video camera, and say "Dear diary: here's what happened today." for ~5 minutes. Focus on what you saw/etc.
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It's therapeutic, and a hundred years from now, some elementary school student asked the difference between a primary and a secondary source will say "A primary source is a document recorded in real time, like that one from 2020 we read about. The textbook is a secondary source."
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I’ve kept a daily journal since 2002 and definitely recommend it. In addition to being therapeutic, it’s great for answering questions like “Now when did so-and-so and I first meet?” and “What was I doing in July of 2007 again?”
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By the way, in July of 2007 I was in London on a wacky “physics consulting gig” to evaluate an invention that had no chance of working. I visited a college friend while I was in town, then got a random business-class upgrade for the flight back to Los Angeles. Best. Flight. Ever.
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Please consider keeping an open diary:https://twitter.com/IonaItalia/status/1242718262003150848 …
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I’m so sick of living history in real time. (Probably said everyone living through historic events.)
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I started one about a month ago. Historically speaking, it’s already startling to read entries from late February and compare that to the present. And it’s a nice outlet, too.
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If I live through all this, I'm not sure I want to remember it
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