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How I finally get daily journaling done with a workflow on my iPhone

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Re: How I finally get daily journaling done with a workflow on my iPhone

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Post by nindalf »

wenc wrote: post #6

Journaling is actually a great way of promoting mental and emotional health. I don't journal daily because I don't have enough to say every day, but I do something similar called "writing therapy", especially when I'm feeling emotionally stuck. I find bad emotions to only be bothersome because they are inside and unprocessed. Externalizing emotions onto a physical page (not digital!) helps me process them. The physic…

When my friends ask why I pay for my journaling software instead of a free option, I tell them $22 a year is a great price for my primary therapist.

I found I wasn’t being completely open and honest when I was journaling on pen and paper because I was subconsciously concerned someone else would read it. A password protected journal works better for me.

Re: How I finally get daily journaling done with a workflow on my iPhone

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Post by gennarro »

I’m surprised by all the app and website talk here. I’ve always associated my journaling with quiet reflection, which means no phones or computers. That is, no notifications or requests for updates, or other distractions so I’ve never considered anything but pen and paper. I have one of these quite nice notebooks [0], that I keep handy morning and night for my journal activity. Even with quiet mode my phone is too distracting and my computer is too closely associated with work.

[0] https://unsharpen.com/leuchtturm1917-notebook-sizes/

Re: How I finally get daily journaling done with a workflow on my iPhone

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Post by dinkleberg »

What I’ve been doing for a while now is doing daily voice or video logs rather than written logs. I find it removes any barrier to journaling.

The app I use called Day One will show you previous entries “on this day” from previous years and it can be fun to look/listen back on.

Re: How I finally get daily journaling done with a workflow on my iPhone

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Post by mettamage »

dinkleberg wrote: post #43

What I’ve been doing for a while now is doing daily voice or video logs rather than written logs. I find it removes any barrier to journaling. The app I use called Day One will show you previous entries “on this day” from previous years and it can be fun to look/listen back on.

Thanks DINKLEBERG! (What show was that again?)

Thanks for the app tip, you removed my barrier to immediately try it today. And I can skip the lengthy blog post too!

Re: How I finally get daily journaling done with a workflow on my iPhone

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Post by dinkleberg »

mettamage wrote: post #44
dinkleberg wrote: post #43

What I’ve been doing for a while now is doing daily voice or video logs rather than written logs. I find it removes any barrier to journaling. The app I use called Day One will show you previous entries “on this day” from previous years and it can be fun to look/listen back on.

Thanks DINKLEBERG! (What show was that again?) Thanks for the app tip, you removed my barrier to immediately try it today. And I can skip the lengthy blog post too!

Haha thank YOU for the message. That makes me happy to know someone recognized the name. It was from the TV show The Fairly OddParents.

And I've been loving the voice/video logs. It's so much easier to just talk to my future self for 5-10 mins rather than writing it all down.

Re: How I finally get daily journaling done with a workflow on my iPhone

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Post by dominotw »

nindalf wrote: post #41
wenc wrote: post #6

Journaling is actually a great way of promoting mental and emotional health. I don't journal daily because I don't have enough to say every day, but I do something similar called "writing therapy", especially when I'm feeling emotionally stuck. I find bad emotions to only be bothersome because they are inside and unprocessed. Externalizing emotions onto a physical page (not digital!) helps me process them. The physic…

When my friends ask why I pay for my journaling software instead of a free option, I tell them $22 a year is a great price for my primary therapist. I found I wasn’t being completely open and honest when I was journaling on pen and paper because I was subconsciously concerned someone else would read it. A password protected journal works better for me.

curious, whats the software called.

Re: How I finally get daily journaling done with a workflow on my iPhone

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Post by rudolfwinestock »

The author uses a text file in a Dropbox account. That's one way. There's another way that's just as future-proof. The idea was described on Lobsters.

https://lobste.rs/s/utdgs1/what_is_good_journaling_desktop#c...

Make an email account which only you know about. Send yourself mail to that account. Each mail is a journal entry. Any email client (desktop or mobile) becomes your journal editor. Mails are automatically time-stamped and can feature rich text and all of the attachments supported by modern email providers.

You can switch all of your mail to another email provider thanks to facilities built into email since the 1970s.

Re: How I finally get daily journaling done with a workflow on my iPhone

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Post by vishnumohandas »

rpastuszak wrote: post #35
wenc wrote: post #6

Journaling is actually a great way of promoting mental and emotional health. I don't journal daily because I don't have enough to say every day, but I do something similar called "writing therapy", especially when I'm feeling emotionally stuck. I find bad emotions to only be bothersome because they are inside and unprocessed. Externalizing emotions onto a physical page (not digital!) helps me process them. The physic…

> Journaling is actually a great way of promoting mental and emotional health. Can't agree more. I built myself a simple writing app[1] a couple of years back, purely because I wanted to have a place to slow down, somewhere I could just pour my emotions/thoughts into, without self-editing. I posted a bit more about in the root thread. If you give the app a shot, let me know. I think you might like it. > "So what do t…

write.sonnet.io is beautiful, you're quite the artist :)

Re: How I finally get daily journaling done with a workflow on my iPhone

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Post by fsiefken »

political12345 wrote: post #33

He fooled me until "This also aligns perfectly with my roman-catholic faith as Jesus Christ ..." lol

hi pol1-5, I don't understand what made you feel this way. Gratitude practice is universally human, in catholic culture Christ is the human ideal and spiritual teacher (apart from divine). You may disagree with the latter personally or think people who are catholic - like me as well - are not to be taken seriously. Fides et Ratio can go hand in hand (see the encyclical or Contact by Carl Sagan).

Re: How I finally get daily journaling done with a workflow on my iPhone

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Post by wnolens »

dinkleberg wrote: post #43

What I’ve been doing for a while now is doing daily voice or video logs rather than written logs. I find it removes any barrier to journaling. The app I use called Day One will show you previous entries “on this day” from previous years and it can be fun to look/listen back on.

I like to talk things out with the Google Recorder app on my Pixel phone.

The app automatically (and for free) transcribes as you go, so you also have a readable and searchable version of your entry.

It's probably my favorite phone app after maps.

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