A journal filled in after the result is a work of fiction, and not deliberately — memory genuinely reshapes itself around outcomes. A trade that won gets remembered as well-planned; one that lost gets remembered as a moment of madness. Writing the thesis before you enter is what makes it evidence rather than a story. It's the same reason a scientist registers a hypothesis before running the experiment.
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Recording your reasoning before entry rather than after matters because…
It's faster
Memory reshapes itself around the outcome, so after-the-fact notes are fiction correct
It looks more professional
Hindsight bias isn't dishonesty, it's how memory works. The only defence is a timestamp before you knew the answer.
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