I’ve kept a haphazard journal since I was a teenager. It’s helpful to write it, but not that useful to save. I got rid of lots of notebooks last year. Now, I’m writing digitally. I don’t like it as much, but I can save it forever. Cool?
@chrisd I still have all my paper journals since 1998, a box full of them. I don’t own a lot of books because they are a pain to move, but around 30 journals? Not a problem.
@starshaped haha amazing. Yeah, I saved mine for years and years. Feels odd not to have them sometimes, but it feels okay overall.
@chrisd for me: it’s cleansing to remove paper and digital clutter including journaling. Like writing a letter to someone and then not sending it and burning it. Feels better to truly move on. The stuff I truly want to remember will be remembered in other ways
@chrisd I’ve been journaling in Day One for the past 12 years, and I liked it so much that I went back and transcribed all my old paper journals, creating this massive digital archive of my life. Over the past couple of years, I’ve gravitated back to a notebook and pen in the morning and using Day One for short recap entries at night. I appreciate the searchability and accessibility of digital journaling, but I sure love the tangible feel and creative thoughts that flow from pen and paper.
@robertbreen Thanks for sharing! I also love the tangibility of paper, but the weight of storing them was a lot. I like the fact that I can recycle paper, and release those journals. I haven’t yet searched in Day One, so I’m interested to see if that’ll be important to me. What a rabbit hole!