The Echo Diary blog
Essays on voice journaling, the Sunday check-in, and the long, slow practice of paying attention to your own life.
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GTD's weekly review meets voice: the missing piece of Getting Things Done
David Allen's weekly review is the most-skipped step in GTD. Voice makes it survivable. Here's how we combined them.
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Voice journal vs. typing: why we built a voice-first diary
A voice journal gets past your internal editor. Here's the science on why speaking is faster, more honest, and easier to maintain than typing.
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The Sunday check-in: a 10-minute template that actually sticks
A copy-paste weekly reflection template you can finish before the coffee gets cold. Five prompts, ten minutes, no thinking required.
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Why daily journaling fails (and what to do instead)
Daily journals die on day five. Here's the rhythm that survives a real calendar, and why weekly beats daily for most people.
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