Got permission / encouragement to share an anecdote that one of our earliest users shared with me that was a generator for a bunch of ideas in this thread.
Sub-thread about what can happen when you use Roam for journaling - and create backlinks for emotional states and people.
Sub-thread about what can happen when you use Roam for journaling - and create backlinks for emotional states and people.
One of the first 20 power users of @RoamResearch was (is) a good friend of our company - who initially started using Roam for mapping out ideas for a chapter she was writing for a medical textbook.
Almost immediately, she started using the Daily Notes for journaling as well.
Almost immediately, she started using the Daily Notes for journaling as well.
Her father had been an abusive alcoholic, and soon after he passed away, she started going through the 12 step program designed for families of alcoholics: Al-Anon.
She'd been through the steps program many times before - but this time she used Roam.
She'd been through the steps program many times before - but this time she used Roam.
For the most part, she used it the same way I did - nesting journal entries under [[Journal]] or [[Morning Pages]] on a daily note.
What she did differently, that I had never seen before, was to make pages for emotionally charged words that kept coming up, and hitting "link all"
What she did differently, that I had never seen before, was to make pages for emotionally charged words that kept coming up, and hitting "link all"
A few weeks after she started doing this - she told me that she had started seeing patterns coming up over and over that she hadn't expected.
[[Shame]] kept appearing in backlinks with [[Powerless]].
These patterns started to change her beliefs about what was going on her mind.
[[Shame]] kept appearing in backlinks with [[Powerless]].
These patterns started to change her beliefs about what was going on her mind.
This user was the person I kept thinking of when I wrote this tweet - and the whole note on @DavidDeutschOxf's "Good Explanations"
Yes - she was already a scientist and medical professional - but I don't think her approach is something only SCIENTISTS do
Yes - she was already a scientist and medical professional - but I don't think her approach is something only SCIENTISTS do
Personally - I think taking a step back - taking an aggregate view of our thoughts, our beliefs, our actions, and our relationships over time and their effects - that's really where the rubber hits the road for the scientific method
Good Explanations > RCTs
Good Explanations > RCTs
To connect an EXTREMELY different thread - this relates to an idea I once sent to @KevinSimler
How science is so often viewed as some inherited collection of truths that is the realm of professionals- rather than as a way of life and a daily practice
How science is so often viewed as some inherited collection of truths that is the realm of professionals- rather than as a way of life and a daily practice
