# Reviewing in Plain Text

## The Gentle Backward Glance

Life rushes forward like a river, carrying us through days of noise and motion. But every so often, we need to turn and look back—not with regret, but with quiet curiosity. Reviewing.md captures this perfectly: a simple space to revisit what we've lived, stripping away distractions. It's like sitting by a window at dusk, notebook in hand, tracing the shape of the day just passed. No grand judgments, just honest noticing.

## Markdown's Honest Mirror

The ".md" ending is no accident. Markdown is plain text dressed lightly—headings to frame moments, lists to capture thoughts, all readable by anyone, anywhere. It mirrors how we should review our lives: without flourish or filter. Imagine your year as a file: bold the joys that stood out, italicize the aches that linger, bullet the small shifts that built resilience. On this December day in 2025, as light fades early, such simplicity feels like a warm lantern against the cold.

## What Stays After the Review

Reviewing isn't about fixing the past; it's about carrying forward what matters. From my own pauses:

- A kind word exchanged with a stranger lingers longer than deadlines met.
- Mistakes, revisited softly, become quiet teachers.
- Gratitude, noted plainly, multiplies in unexpected ways.

In this practice, we find not perfection, but presence—a deeper hold on who we are becoming.

*In the still of review, we rewrite not the story, but our place in it.*