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June 1, 2023 35 mins

Kent Sanders is an author and co-author of a ton of books. He also hosts The Daily Writer Life podcast and is also the founder of The Daily Writer’s Club.

Explore Kent’s lifelong approach to keeping journals, how it’s helped him with mental clarity, self-realization and how he recommends we do it. Plus, we also talk about how valuable leaving a written diary, journal, audio files or video for future generations is such an important opportunity.

Enjoy!

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SHOW NOTES:

00:00 The Matt Feret Show Introduction

00:23 Reviews and The Matt Feret Newsletter.

01:00: Kent Saunders introduction and background.

01:3 Kent describing himself as a book nerd (ha) and what he does.

02:37 Writing in a journal vs. being an author and intimidation.

03:33 Why journaling is important.

04:52 The beauty of not having a defined “system” to journal.

05:35 Mental health and keeping a journal.

07:11 Journal ideas and revisiting past entries.

08:34 Keeping a journal and reflection.

12:16 Journaling is for you. It's not for anybody else.

15:24 The value of journaling.

18:47 Journaling for future generations.

20:43 Journals can be written, spoken word – even video!

22:29 What can seem like work doesn’t have to be very structured.

27:26 Put it all out there and let other people determine what's good and what's not good.

29:28 Business planning aspects to journaling

32:28 The Matt Feret Show wrap and how to connect with Kent.



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