Joan Didion on Keeping a Notebook - Farnam Street
Keeping a notebook, diary, journal or whatever you want to call it is a powerful habit common amongst outliers. The effort to accurately record your brief thoughts and review them across time is small in comparison to the rewards.
Thinking | Reading Time: 5 minutes Joan Didion on Keeping a Notebook Keeping a notebook or diary is easy to dismiss. I often hear people tell me that it’s OK for other people, but it’s not for them. I always find this stance curious as the habit of keeping a notebook is common amongst exceptional people who not only take the time to report their struggles and feelings but also review them across time. As I was doing research, a friend of mine pointed me towards a Joan Didion essay, On Keeping A Notebook, that appears in Slouching Towards Bethlehem , a collection of her essays. Writ
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