Bomkatt
J.R. OrciQ: Do any of you keep a digital journal? If so, what app do you use? What kind of things do you write about? And what benefits do you get from the experience?
@orci I sort of do with a tool called Exist. It's less a long-form journal and more a series of trackers with a place for descriptions. It helps me keep track of moods and trends and tendencies.
@bomkatt interesting. I do so,etching similar with the bearable app. Will have to check this out.
It's a very data-focused form of journaling. I tend to scribble about feelings in a paper notebook
indeed broodly@orci
writing every day, habitually, about whatever occurs to you, or is going on in your life, has a long history. you work out the details as you go. you see patterns about yourself over time. you develop who you are. i can't recommend it enough.
i'm old, i don't use an app to do that, and i encrypt the fuck out of those things i write. i encourage you to do the same.
Izzy Killeen@orci For a short while, I tried to write a diary briefly describing my day in German on here as a way of getting in regular practice, but it kinda fell by the wayside. My lack of vocab knowledge kept making it frustrating to try and construct sentences.
Jessica the VI Artist🎚️🎹🌈@orci @Fragglemuppet I have kept a journal, just using a word processor and saving to my computer for probably the last 20 years! It was so much easier for me than handwriting once I finally had my own private computer. I’m sorry, but I’m not really sure I would trust a journal app right now.
@JessicatheVIArtist @Fragglemuppet I have that concern as well. I’ve seen a few apps that let you host the file on cloud storage yourself, encrypted. But it still makes me nervous.
Eric Phelps@orci Well, not really a journal, but journaling is one of the things it does. #TiddlyWiki saves everything to a single HTML file. How you handle that file is up to you. You can use an encrypted sync service and your choice of cloud storage to keep your desktop and phone synced. You can also host your wiki on a public server (that's a big no for me).
I keep all my ideas, half-done projects, and meeting notes in it.
Lots of plugins for looks and functionality so you can make it how you want it.
Sporky
ity [unit X-69]@orci Obsidian
Pretty much anything we remember to write about when we have the energy to write.
It is comfortable to write things out, makes us feel less alone with ourselves
Alberto C. Blanco
witless@orci I use Diarium, synced online so I can use it on my phone or laptop. It's simple and doesn't get in the way, and it means I can freewrite with my eyes shut when I really want to unload.
@witless Thanks! This is the app I settled on. I like that it allows you to control your own encrypted save files. And no sub is a plus.
WTL
Jay Stephens@orci
Undisciplined diary with the only rule that if I haven't been diligent through the month, I must at a minimum summarize my month.
Benefit: it makes me notice what parts of my month are likely noteworthy and/or memorable, which helps understand the phase of life I'm in and how it relates to the rest.
App: Tutanota's calendar app, weirdly, as a 3-way compromise between privacy, easy access from any device anywhere, and trust that I can download my data later if I want.
Undisciplined diary with the only rule that if I haven't been diligent through the month, I must at a minimum summarize my month.
Benefit: it makes me notice what parts of my month are likely noteworthy and/or memorable, which helps understand the phase of life I'm in and how it relates to the rest.
App: Tutanota's calendar app, weirdly, as a 3-way compromise between privacy, easy access from any device anywhere, and trust that I can download my data later if I want.
@jaystephens encrypted calendar hadn't occured to me. Genius. How much space for entries does it give you?
@orci
I'm not sure. I pay €3/ month and haven't hit a per-entry character limit.
It says I get 20GB of storage.
I'm not sure. I pay €3/ month and haven't hit a per-entry character limit.
It says I get 20GB of storage.
