In this episode, we talk with Tracy Winchell, the Founder of Roaman Journals. A teacher of daily journaling practices to others, Tracy is a self introspective person when it comes to facing ourselves in writing. And when introduced to Roam, she has started implementing the tool into journaling.
In this episode, we talked about:
- Life before Roam Research: her time as a journalist, within broadcasting and more
- Her workflow for journaling and introspection in Roam
- Our relationship with the creator/higher power
- The intricacies of daily journaling and how Tracy approaches it
- The three selves, and how we should confront them
There is a part one and part two to this episode, so you might hear a disconnect in the middle of the episode due to technical difficulties. Enjoy!
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Timestamps
- 1:36 Artillery and firing guns
- 5:04 Accidentally ending up in front of a microphone: Tracy's origin story
- 8:28 Starting the Reboots Podcast and the moment of clarity
- 10:23 Discovering Roam Research
- 14:58 Combining journaling techniques with Roam
- 19:09 Interviewing Dr. Benjamin Hardy of Personality isn't Permanent
- 21:26 Outsourcing the recall
- 24:04 Tracy's workflow for starting the day: Note to Next Day Self
- 30:03 Checklists and how they stop you from execution
- 33:00 2nd Half, and RoamBrain
- 36:04 The three selves, according to Dr. Benjamin Hardy
- 40:43 Projecting things into the future, and intersecting future emotions and time
- 43:25 Just in time wisdom
- 44:14 Tracy's Reflecting pool, and the Serenity Prayer
- 50:47 Faith and a higher power
- 54:00 Introducing Roam to a journaling audience
- 58:05 Tracy does not want to look at her analog journals
- 1:02:39 The friction finding something of value in previous journals
- 1:05:05 What does victory mean to you?
- 1:10:07 The next trinity of fields Tracy will dive into
- 1:11:57 [[How would you describe Roam to someone who hasn't started using it?]] and [[What does Roam mean to you?]]
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