logging the monkey mind
Update: I removed the logs section from this site. As I figured no one was reading them, I began more and more to write them like no one would ever read them… And thus, some information and writing was making it in there that was too personal for my comfort.
As of yesterday I’m trialling a style of logging that sits somewhere between a social media post and a diary. This will be taking place over at logs.
Why? I’m putting effort into making this site more of an artefact, rather than a digital business card and accompanying blog to illustrate that I’m still alive. So in keeping with that goal, logging a (filtered) monkey mind could be a value over time so that (a) you, the reader, may stumble across some interesting links, ideas, notions or comedy and (b) I, the monkey, have a record of my fleeting thoughts1.
I think having this record online will maintain some sense of thoughtfulness and tact, and with the added side effect that I can also access them the internet - as it does happen where I recall something cool I saw but am not on my own machine to find the link in my history or bookmarks.
Footnotes
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Edit (2025-08-25): Since starting this, I’ve found there is something very satisfying about these logs. Unfortunately, I think it comes from growing up in a social media era, where we became conditioned to “post our minds” about any and everything. These logs satisfy the action of posting, while decoupling the dopamine component. It’s perhaps a little similar to the Zeigarnik effect, which has been used to describe how noting down a task has the same cognitive effect as having completed the task itself. ↑