Journalling (the Herman way)

With his latest post on Active Recalland the post awhile back on keeping a journal.txt file, Herman made me realise that my memory is something I've been thinking about a bit recently and had started to worry it's been declining somewhat. It's time to do something about it. Ever since I stopped drinking, I've been acutely aware how much I'm not sure I remember correctly. I have started to wonder if drinking has actually damaged my memory, but then upon reading Herman's post (specifically the part about free recall and how just jotting down your memory of an event can increase your ability to remember accurately), it's pretty clear to me that I haven't done much to train this ability specifically. So instead of thinking about what I'm losing and wallowing that it's just the way things are, I'm going to do something about it. And that thing is... writing more! What I've been writing already here has been a sort of historical snapshot of moments in my life, so based on the science, I'm…