Hey! I’ve written a digital journal for the last couple of years. Backup there wasn’t a problem. But I struggled with finding the „perfect tool“ and switched from app to app and back until I just took a notebook and a fountain pen and started writing couple of months ago.

My question now is: what’s a good way to achieve and protect a full journal physically and what’s your personal backup strategy to back up your journal in a digital way so that you still have your memories in case of your house burning down or another catastrophic event.

Thank you in advance!

  • @dragontamer
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    31 year ago

    I feel like those who write journals need to be familiar with rewriting.

    My main, ephemeral journal, that I carry with me is just information I’m thinking about today, and is at most relevant within the past month or so. If I know that information is more important, I copy it out into a longer-term journal.

    Anything that deserves more long-term protection is a manual rewriting process.

    • BraydOP
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      11 year ago

      Also an interesting way to journal. However I did a similar method in the beginning but figured out it’s not what feels natural for myself. I just dump my brain into my journal and want to keep everything of it because I see my thoughts as equally important even if you could categorize them after how useful they may be and so on

    • @thonofpy
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      11 year ago

      This idea pleases the collector in me.