I have been thinking about how often I wish I remembered what I was thinking at an earlier point in time.
Not just what decision I made, but the reasoning behind it, the assumptions I was operating under, or the message I would have wanted to leave for myself once more time had passed.
I sometimes write notes, but they usually capture facts or outcomes, not my thinking. When I come back later, the context is missing, and it is easy to second guess decisions that actually made sense at the time.
I am curious how others approach this.
Do you write down decisions or reasoning explicitly?
Do you leave notes or messages for your future self?
Do you ever revisit past thinking intentionally, or do you mostly let it go?
I am exploring a small personal tool focused on recording thinking and returning it later, but I am more interested in how people already handle this today.
Not just what decision I made, but the reasoning behind it, the assumptions I was operating under, or the message I would have wanted to leave for myself once more time had passed.
I sometimes write notes, but they usually capture facts or outcomes, not my thinking. When I come back later, the context is missing, and it is easy to second guess decisions that actually made sense at the time.
I am curious how others approach this.
Do you write down decisions or reasoning explicitly? Do you leave notes or messages for your future self? Do you ever revisit past thinking intentionally, or do you mostly let it go?
I am exploring a small personal tool focused on recording thinking and returning it later, but I am more interested in how people already handle this today.