Start a journal. Put your thoughts in order on a daily basis, and when you look back at the end of 2020 (or beyond..) you'll have something interesting to read and reflect on.
Any tips on staying motivated? I mostly would enter it into evernote, and as lazy as it sounds sometimes my biggest barrier of entry would be opening my laptop heh.
2. Hang a wall calendar in a high-visibility location and put a sticker/tally mark for every week that you successfully log. It's an easy visual reminder of your progress, and it can bug you if you don't log for a week.
3. This may not be the advice you want, but not logging for a week isn't the worst thing - it's okay to have a week now and then where nothing of note really happens.
2. That sounds like a good motivator!
3. True true
As you're probably a problem solver at heart (since you're on HN during Christmas), it might also help to write a list of things that you want the journaling to do for you (self-reflection? better mental health? loving-kindness? keeping track of memories?) and then try to come up with some system that will optimize for those values and also minimize the stress and time-commitment. Your brain is programmed to stir away from any stressful work, you the last two are mainly to make sure you aren't biologically forced out of your new habit.
[1]: https://medium.com/better-humans/draft-how-to-hack-your-brai...
I especially like your suggestion about being more clear with an intention for journaling. Looking back I mostly ramble about what events happened the previous week (memories), but I would also like to include more self reflection and personal thoughts on subjects.
Cheers