I feel like writing notes/a journal is somewhat a practice of trust in the future.

I'm making notes about things that I'll likely remember in a month, two months, maybe even a year. But probably not 10 years. Almost definitely not 30.

But I just noticed myself writing something with the intended audience being me as an old man*, and that demonstrates a certain level of hope that the future will a) exist, and b) care. And I kind of like that. And I think I want to practice that.