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When journaling becomes a substitute for experiencing life

I started keeping a journal to remember things but now I spend more time writing about my life than actually living it and I feel like I'm watching myself from the outside.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The act of externalization has become more compelling than the experience itself, creating a recursive loop of observation rather than participation.

Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Writing and the externalization of memory?”

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