"Dear Diary, I've become immortal. To journal or not to journal?"
Okay. Morning. My medication just kicked in and the world is spinning. However, I am rereading a book by one of my favorite authors, Brandon Sanderson. And there's this line that stopped me in my tracks. And once you hear it, you're going to be like, what? But just stick with me, okay? The line is, keeping a journal for one's posterity becomes somewhat redundant when one is going to live forever, I think
J.L. Beasley
@Her_Sisuย ยทย 4:53
And so it was like, well, I can't have access to him right now, and so I will read about him. And what I, in my head still at that point in time, was titling as our love story. I'll read about that here. And when I opened up those journal pages, more specifically the journal books, because at that time, I would do a new journal at the start of my birthday, which is my own personal new year
I love how, looking back on your diaries, the number of benefits you've gained from them, one insight, two, being able to turn those insights into things to offer other people, let alone be able to publish a book. And I also love the idea of when you said your crusty old journals, people looking at them when you're 104, it reminded me, I just saw this the other day. I'll put a link here, an Instagram video of a woman
Swell Team
@Swellย ยทย 0:15
J.L. Beasley
@Her_Sisuย ยทย 0:36
You. What a remarkable clip. Thank you for sharing that. She seems like a phenomenal woman and I was inspired because I have a desire to live until 104, and that's my ask of God, of the universe, of spirit, and to see this woman who is 101 and in her, her right mind and looks as if, though she's able to care for herself, I'm like, yes, that's exactly what I desire. Thank you for sharing