More reflections on David’s Daily Journal

7 Nov 2020 — 1 min read

David from the future: David's Daily Journal is now defunct. See the 20/ New Directions newsletter for more information.

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After yesterday’s David's Daily Journal (or whatever it ends up being called), I feel like more context and writing is required. I also haven’t decided if I need to separate and consider each piece, or if collections of ideas can mingle together.

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I am also trying to make sense of what exactly should be included. At the moment, this is for me—a place for all the things that cross my transom.

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Until then, I am going to continue to dump my pile-up of links on here until I find a better path.

Postscript

I must say, looking at this format after the fact, it seems very suitable to my writing style.

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