In general, I love history. My personal history? Not so much.
I have found it to be a good way to gauge growth and progress. How can you see how far you've come if you don't look back at where you were?
How can you be sure you don't repeat the same mistake twice if you don't remind yourself of what you've been through?
Have you met your goals or are working consistently towards them? How do you know if you don't go back and look at what they were?
If we ignore history, we are doomed to repeat it.
That doesn't mean the only way to "not ignore" history is to regularly go back and read through your own threads/journals, but how can you be sure you remember everything if you don't...ever?
Goodness, the mistakes I've made...reading through the all the garbage I went (and put myself) through would be much less painful than finding out that I had repeated it unnecessarily.
But, and here's a tip of the cap to labug's stance, if I have fully evolved into the person I set out to become at the onset of this journey, then I don't need to worry about making the mistakes of the less evolved, less experienced, historical version of me that is now extinct.
$0.02
-PM
M:12y - BD:12/11 - D:6/13 - 4Ds
"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy." -MLK Jr.
