Discovering Improvement, While Looking Back

I may have mentioned before how much I appreciate journals, including my personal journals. I discovered another unexpected benefit today, which had to do with the GRE exam I recently took. I thought my scores were average, and perhaps they are. But, I was looking back in my previous journal entries today and I found a page in which I wrote out the scores I got in previous GRE practice tests. Compared to those practice scores, my real scores from yesterday are actually a bit better. I had in fact improved a little since my last practice test! I wouldn't have realized this if I did not have this record of previous practice scores. I am grateful for the record I have in my journals.