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Discussion on: I Bet You Don't Keep A Developer Journal: 3 Reasons You Should

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Michael Richey

It's a good idea... I had an application that I wanted to build for a hobby project. I had planned for months, and left it sitting on the back burner until I decided - today is the day.

So, long story short, I went into my development server to create the project folder....and it was already there. So I opened it up, and the project was already done. Apparently, 3 months ago I had some wild hair and wrote the code and didn't remember doing it.... To be honest, I had been really busy and the idea of working on my own stuff was just a distraction....but apparently it was a distraction I had already taken.

So I found something else to do. Had I kept a journal, I might have.....i don't know....written something down about it,

It's a good idea, but journaling is a hard habit to start....maybe it's worth putting some effort into.