[update] stopping a 35-year habit didn't last

The habit was daily journaling or 'morning pages' see https://loveisverbing.bearblog.dev/journal-exit/. I managed to stop for a massive fifteen days! The next post - which is a copy of my journal entry the day after I resumed (Tuesday) - will demonstrate its value to me and might even benefit you in the reading... Meanwhile, these are my journal notes about the stopping adventure: First, it was a useful break. I saw how addicted the pen, hand and head were to scribbling. Less navel-gazing happened - pleasant Missed the mental untangling and rigor of examining thoughts - sad Paradoxically, began valuing the value of my own published words ! [I exchanged journaling for reading one poetical from each of my 2 current philosophical collections in print. New habit, will maintain.] Reading more bear blogs happened, along with considering that my own journal-prompted blogs might enrich readers in unknown tiny ways Observed that it's often in journals that the philosophical and non-human…