Inside the Mind of Sarah Boon: Unveiling the Untold Struggles Behind a Field Scientist’s Groundbreaking Journey
HMM: How do you hold yourself accountable?
SB: I journal every day and I will often look at the previous day’s notes and see if I’ve put into practice things that I’ve suggested in my journal, seeing if I’ve accomplished what I wanted to accomplish or if I’ve pushed myself in one direction or another. I use those previous days as a marker for things that I feel that I should do or things that I need to do for my mental health.
HMM: Read yourself! That’s both simple and powerful – pay attention to what you wrote. So, early on in the book, you describe how and why you didn’t always use the fanciest tools for field work but rather depended on in-person, on-site observations. You used the tools you needed, but not the flashiest things, though they did evolve over the course of time you describe in the book. So we talked about journaling a little bit – what about other tools for writing?
