ELi5: Why is writing down your thoughts so much more effective than just thinking them?

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Is journaling actually worthwhile? How is it better than just being very mindful of your thoughts?

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It takes a longer time to commit thoughts to your long term memory based on just “thinking”. Other thoughts or new info might come into your short-term memory replacing the current thoughts. By writting down your thoughts the muscel memory of writting thoughts helps commit it to long-term memory since you are writting, thinking, and visually seeing your thoughts.

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