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Field Notes from the Wish-Recording App

Lore, folklore, language, and the long literary history of asking for things you should not ask for.

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Tonight's echo

“Let my mother stop crying for him.”

The toll

She forgot she had a son. The black-and-white photograph on the dresser was taken down and turned, frame to wall.

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Apr 28, 20265 min read

The Quiet Science of Wish-Journaling, and Why It Almost Always Works

Goal-setting research, expressive writing, the WOOP method, and what 25 years of psychology actually has to say about people who write down what they want — without any toll attached.

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