Writing down unfiltered thoughts enhances self-knowledge

Post by rpastuszak » Fri, Oct 13, 2023, 1:36 PM UTC

prometheon1 wrote: post #63

satvikpendem wrote: post #46

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There was an app or site I remember using that, every time you typed a sentence, it disappeared so that you only focused on the sentence in front of you. After you're done, you could export the entire document. I wonder if we could add some LLM features to that too.

I knew I remembered this app, but almost couldn't find it. Was it this one? https://write.sonnet.io/

Hey hey, author of Enso (write.sonnet.io) here -- thanks for the mention! I actually wrote an article about a similar subject and shared it here yesterday:

https://untested.sonnet.io/Stream+of+Consciousness+Morning+N...

Post by rpastuszak » Fri, Oct 13, 2023, 1:39 PM UTC

NalNezumi wrote: post #28

I think a lot of people put too much pressure on themselves when it comes to the advice "writing your thoughts down". Perfectionism, or the memories of being forced to take notes in school, kicks in and you start to look for how-to:s, format and guides. Very similar to meditation. The best meditation advice I got was to just sit down, focus on doing nothing and be OK with being bored. Not some breathing techniques, h…

Hi, I eat my own dogfood so to speak and built an app for stream of consciousness writing: https://enso.sonnet.io

I've been using it for 4 years, every day, every morning. We also have a small, but community of users using it regularly.

Finally, weirdly enough I wrote about morning notes, processing emotions through writing here: https://untested.sonnet.io/Stream+of+Consciousness+Morning+N...

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