Looking back 👀

Today, we’re back to revisiting concepts from Daniel Kahneman’s, Thinking, Fast and Slow.

Specifically, hindsight bias—the belief that we “knew it all along.” 

Once we know an outcome, we rewrite our memories, convincing ourselves we saw it coming. We tend to overestimate our ability to predict the future and forget how uncertain things felt in the moment.

But uncertainty is a part of growth. Instead of rewriting the past, we can look forward, borrowing wisdom from our future self to guide us through moments of doubt.

Happy journaling,

Kelsey

Most journal prompts you’ll find here draw inspiration from the books I’m reading. Below, you’ll find the books and weekly themes so you can read ahead if you’d like. Reading isn’t necessary—it's simply an option if a particular theme sparks your curiosity and you'd like to dive deeper. 

Here’s the schedule:

• Week of February 10th - Theme: Making decisions. Book: Thinking, Fast and Slow

• Week of February 17th - Theme: Kindness & courage. Book: The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse

• Week of February 24th - Theme: Creativity. Book: The Apricot Memoirs

• Week of March 3rd - Theme: Acceptance. Book: The Let Them Theory

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