I like how Shaun Inman describes some of the benefits of journaling in "Lift Off. The Last Rocket Development Diary". He wrote, “By documenting your creative process regularly, you can identify patterns that make you appreciate the too infrequent peaks, help avoid the pits and hopefully make future creative climbs a little less daunting.”

There are things to learn from an accounting of history. A development journal is among the most personal of histories (not personal as in "private", but personal as in "relates to my daily life"). If you're not going to study your own history, one may ask why study any history at all?

We totally agree. We're all about doing. Check out some of the things people are doing on 100[1]

[1]: https://giveit100.com/projects

Wow, you made a new account just for this?

I think what Give It 100 does is that they take away a lot of the overhead from documenting so that you can focus more on the doing. Like, it lets you be publicly accountable for your progress in a simple and enjoyable way, without needing like... a youtube account?

Well I think you are missing the point, no? This website is exactly that, DO. And I like the idea of forcing yourself to post a video every day, it kind of obliges you to actually DO as you say :)

Seriously, you created an account just to flame someone else?

What if I told you that documenting your progress actually motivates some to keep going, to do more?

Why is your generation so obsessed with "complaining" instead of actually "doing"?

Confirmation bias much?

Those that are 'DO-ing' and aren't documenting, you don't see.