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I noticed that a lot of days/weeks/months started to blur together as I got older (and I’m not that old).

I started keeping a very factual journal each day.

Every hour or so, I write down where I was and what I did—subjective impressions are optional.

It’s been really helpful in jogging my memory and seeing where my mind was at a few months prior.

I just do it in a note program on my phone, so I can fill it in while walking, in the bathroom, etc.

This is what I do. It's very dry and terse but I find it useful to keep track of time spent and achievements completed. It's very easy to feel as if I've been doing nothing, whereas in reality that's very rarely true.

I tried emotional/confessional journaling for a good few years but I really didn't find it helpful or insightful.

The things that work for me include exploring my surroundings, almost any kind of creative work, napping, and talking to friends/partner.

Yup. I find it's awesome to experience the rich emotional things, and then write the boring dry things so that you can recall the former easily.

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