I write lists of ideas on random topics as part of my typical daily journaling. The advice comes from a well-known blogger. It is some of the best advice I’ve ever followed.

Theorizing about it …

I’m hoping to write a short memoir soon documenting the trip Joan and I took to Japan. We have photos and I wrote messages on a few post cards and I have a few journal entries, but if I want to …

My intended career path is to make enough money as an entrepreneur to retire from working as a programmer, and then to really make money as an entrepreneur, so I can retire from business and work as …

• Gratitude lists
• Idea lists
• List what I did
• List what I need to do
• List feelings I experienced recently
• List goals
• List memories
• List things I want to learn
• List ideas for lists I could create

For …

“Freewriting” for journaling: maintain concentration on the pen moving on the paper, try not to know what word is coming next, keep writing whatever words come out until the words exhaust …

I’m going to experiment with hiring an assistant to write up my handwritten notes, so I can do more of my work with just a pen and a notebook. Although I am a decent typist and very happy in …

Articles I want to write:

• Survey of suttas for householders
• Quick history of the Roman Empire
• Quick history of surfing
• Quick history of U.S. historical eras and presidents
• Quick history of law …