Chad Silverstein started a journal as a living will to pass life lessons to his kids. He writes about how his beliefs change over time, and argues that writing creates something that lasts across generations. He wants you to keep writing and share what you learn.
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I remember when I started to keep a journal for my kids, and I first called it my sort of living will. Then it was all the things and the nuances that I wanted to leave my kids in case anything were to ever happen. And I didn't get a chance to tell them these things. And so I wrote out just an entire journal of, like, life lessons that I wanted them to learn and just carry with them throughout their life. And it's funny, every once in a while when I go back in to write something, I go back and I look at what I wrote. It's kind of scary sometimes that I've changed what I believe, and it's because my builder's journey has caused me to put pen to paper and change some of the things that I thought I believed. And not to say that they were wrong, but it was, you could tell, like the way I evolved in my thinking and my belief system. And I think it's important to document that. And if you have kids, it's a really cool thing to be able to leave. You know, when we leave this world, we don't take anything with us. And the odds on anyone remembering you after a couple generations is going to be slim to none. It's probably why you don't know who your great, great, great great grandparents are. And so the only thing that you can really leave is your writing. And that's a cool legacy to be able to leave. You know, those who journal and those who kind of fill up notebooks, they. They actually do leave something behind that is of a meaningful impact that you can leave your kids. And you don't know the type of impact that's going to have. So the list that's in the playbook today on day, you know, 39, is a cool, cool reminder for me that I need to revisit and write out those statements, those nuances, and whatever area that you're working on. These are things that could be in your core, in your worldview, or it could be something that you do just journaling for yourself. And it's important to document, do document as you move forward, because as you know, when you look back, you remember glimpses of things, and you are not going to remember what you want to remember unless you put the power in the pen. So keep writing, and if you have the courage to share it with our community, feel free.
