Morris has been keeping a detailed handwritten journal for four years. He’ll describe what he’s found through using quantitative analysis and visualization of his entries. Watch his talk here: http://quantifiedself.com/2014/06/morris-villaroel-four-year-journal Presented at the 2014 Quantified Self Europe Conference

1. 40
morris.villarroel@gmail.com
@
mokestrel

2. Log
book
20
Kestrels
copula9ng

3. Ad
libitum
All
in
one
place
1st
picture
with
Narra9ve

4. Easy
to
carry
around,
light
muji

5. “Finishable”

7. QS

9. Structure
numbers
page,
book
agenda,
index

10. Structure
note
things
read
back
to
front

11. Share:
work
with
others

12. Share
with
others

13. Food
page

14. Idea
page

15. 2
2
2
8
21
37
76
152
147
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
160
ar#cles
journalling

16. 2
2
2
8
21
37
76
152
147
1
3
32
44
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
160
ar#cles
journalling
life-­‐logging

17. Journaling
and
life-­‐logging:
events

18. 0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
45
events
per
day
Events
per
day
2013

19. excel

20. Classifica9on
of
3657
events
in
2013
10.7
%
56.8%
32.5
%
write
work
personal

21. Personal
part
more
varied,
and
not
everything…

22. 0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
events
Wed
Monday
Tues
Thurs
Fri
Sat
Sun

23. 0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
books
books
classes
videos
Reading

24. Events

25. 0
1000
2000
3000
4000
5000
6000
7000
8000
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
events
steps
Wed
Monday
Tues
Thurs
Fri
Sat
Sun
Events/day
Steps/day

26. 0
1000
2000
3000
4000
5000
6000
7000
8000
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
18
events
floors
steps
Wed
Steps/day
Monday
Tues
Thurs
Fri
Sat
Sun
Events
and
floors
/day

27. Process
thinking
prepara9on
event
review

28. Process
thinking

29. backboard……
feedback

30. Lastly,
the
amazing
effect
of…
morris.villarroel@gmail.com
@
mokestrel
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/page
month
of
the
year