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> Do you write your thoughts down? No. But I'd be interested to hear why people would. What is the appeal? (serious question)
-- George Santayana
The unexamined life is not worth living.
-- Socrates
I've done a lot of journaling. I frequently recommend it to others. Among other things, it helps me keep myself out of my own way.
> Do you write your thoughts down? No. But I'd be interested to hear why people would. What is the appeal? (serious question)
+ Writing is thinking.
+ I believe it makes my writing better, even if only via the additional practice.
+ Journaling has been, at times, a sanity check. Writing about some craziness in my life provides a way to stop ruminating over it.
+ Journaling is a great way to explore ideas that I have.
Over the past three months or so. I've focused more on journaling as a writing and exploration tool and much less as a safety valve over observations of meanness or stupidity in the world or some sadness I might experience. Those things are easy to write passionately about, however I'm generating enough ideas I feel passionate about that I don't need to tap that resource.
I haven't had this problem as much these days, but I have kept the habit. I have a rule with myself that if I find myself ruminating over some stupid thing that happened during the day, I may do so, but only in writing. For some reason, typing my way through such thoughts, even for short periods of time, tends to make them clearer and to more quickly reveal any distortions/fallacies therein.
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Yep, that's the app I was using before I figured out that it doesn't encrypt my entries. Also it doesn't have a web-view, right? I thought it might be great if I would build a great-looking web-application which also has a well-documented API (you can't say that of any great journaling app out there). I think especially for people who are traveling 'round the world - and don't keep devices like an iPhone, an MacBook,…
> Would you pay for a service like that? I wouldn't. There are enough free options (e.g. onenote, email, physical journal, etc.) that work just fine for me. I personally don't see the value in paying for a service that uploads and syncs my journals, even if it has a really nice interface.
I am building one currently which stores the entries directly to cloud services and without all boatload of features.. just for writing..