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When note-taking becomes mental hoarding

I have been taking notes obsessively for twelve years and I have seventeen notebooks and three apps full of thoughts but I never look at anything again and feel like I am hoarding my own mind.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The compulsive capture of thoughts has become a substitute for genuine reflection and integration.

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