Printed guided journal
A prompted paper journal with the same short questions every morning and evening
Pre-printed prompts instead of a blank page: a few lines on gratitude after waking, a few on how the day went before bed. Three to six minutes is the usual claim. People choose one over a plain notebook because the questions are already there on a groggy morning, and because paper cannot show you a notification. A copy typically covers six months to a year, then you buy the next one.
People on record
Sorted by strength of stance
Does it: documented as part of their own routine. Recommends: explicitly advises other people to do it. Discusses: covered it substantively without clear personal adoption; this can include criticism or disagreement.
- Chris WilliamsonDoes it
Host · Modern Wisdom
Journals each morning with the 6-Minute Diary, three minutes on waking and three at night, and reckons he has been through ten copies in five years. He has used a few of the same publisher's success journals, which cover the day's tasks. Formal gratitude, he says, is the foundation of positive psychology.
Source: Ben Greenfield Life podcast transcript
Aimed at the same thing
Other entries filed under stress or productivity.
- Gear$$$Mid: Roughly $50 to $500, or up to $50/month.
Teleprompter beam splitter
Angled glass over a screen so the camera sits where the other face is
On record from 1 of 62 tracked people: 1 does it - HabitFREE, no cost
Journaling
Writing to unload the mind, usually first thing or last thing
On record from 14 of 62 tracked people: 13 do it, 1 recommends it - Book$$$Cheap: Roughly under $50, or under $15/month.
The Daily Stoic
366 short Stoic passages with modern commentary, one per day
On record from 4 of 62 tracked people: 3 recommend it, 1 has discussed it - ProtocolFREE, no cost
Workday shutdown ritual
A fixed end-of-day routine that closes open loops so work stops
On record from 4 of 62 tracked people: 3 do it, 1 has discussed it - HabitFREE, no cost
Deliberate discomfort
Choosing the thing you do not want to do, daily, as its own training
On record from 3 of 62 tracked people: 1 does it, 2 recommend it - Book$$$Cheap: Roughly under $50, or under $15/month.
The Almanack of Naval Ravikant
Collected thinking on wealth, specific knowledge and happiness
On record from 3 of 62 tracked people: 3 recommend it
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