For a long time I couldn't bring myself to journalling. I envied the people around me who journaled. It seemed so cool. But at some point of stress, I just took out a piece of paper and vented everything. I wrote about 7 pages in one go. It relieved the stress, when I read through what I wrote, I could analyze the situation and get out of wrong pattern. So I added this technique to my toolbox.
I also started taking notes of everyday events. On one hand It allowed me to remember the details of the day, the events, the people. On the other hand it was all pretty mundane and reading it afterwards I considered it unimportant.
So over time my journal evolved into idea-capturing device and GTD capture device. As for impressions and capturing reality, I compose and write down haiku. They allow to make a snapshot of the situation in three short lines.
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