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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Lifestyle
Cait Kelly

66 days to establish a journal: ‘I feel like I’m almost cheating death’

Guardian Australia’s Cait Kelly peering over. abook
Guardian Australia’s Cait Kelly kept a diary for 66 days. This is the result. Photograph: Eugene Hyland/The Guardian

We make habits so we don’t have to focus on something to make it work. So it happens easily. Small changes that help us long term – keeping us healthy or fattening our bank accounts, reminding us to slow down.

For a long time, I have lamented my terrible memory. There is a lot of information that slips out of my head – my friends’ birthdays, where I’ve left my stupidly expensive water bottle (it’s black and thin if anyone I know is reading this) and even sometimes what I was doing 24 hours ago.

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